Ḥadīth Lesson: Types of Sadaqah

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

There are different types of sadaqah. Sadaqah is not just with money but with different other things. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “A smile in the face of your Muslim brother is a charity for you.” So smiling in your Muslim brother’s face, looking at him well and making him happy is charity. “It is a charity for you to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil.” So showing what’s good, saying, “This one is good, that one is bad. Give up this bad habit. Give up your bad deeds” is also charity. Reward of sadaqah will be written to you. “To direct someone who has lost his way; helping and assisting is a charity for you.” So when people ask for some street address, “Where is this? Which road is it? Where does this road go? I want this address.” Showing the right path is charity for you. Some foolish people show those people a different path instead of the right path as a joke, but it is not a joke. Therefore, if you know the street they’re asking about, show them the way. If you don’t know, say, “I don’t know, ask someone else.” “Removing things such as stones, thorns and bones from the road that may prevent people from passing by is a charity for you.” Keeping the road clean is charity for you. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that removing a stone or a bone or thorn aside is considered charity. “Pouring water from your bucket into your Muslim brother’s who’s in need is a charity for you.” So, if your brother’s bucket is empty and you bring water, you help him and give him water it is charity for you.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Making a deaf person, that is, one hard of hearing, hear, is a charity.” If you speak loud enough for him to hear, and you keep saying it until he hears it, it’s charity. But if he is completely deaf, trying to make him understand as much as you can with signs is considered as sadaqah.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “On every Muslim there is enjoined (a compulsory) sadaqah.” So he has to give sadaqah daily. Because mankind has 360 joints, a Muslim has to give sadaqah upon each. There mustn’t be something as a Muslim who doesn’t give sadaqah. “If he doesn’t find anything, he works with his hand.” So one must set aside money for charity. If he doesn’t have money or is poor, he should work with his hands, it becomes charity for him. “It will be beneficial for him and he will give charity.” So, he works, gets paid, and it becomes a charity for him. “If he can’t find a job or work anything, he should help someone in need.” So if he can’t find any job or earn money, he should help someone. It is also considered charity. “If he can’t do this, he should enjoin what is good.” Command people to do whatever is good and guide people by saying “This is good, if you do this, it’s good.” “If he cannot do this, then he should refrain from doing evil, which is a charity for him.” So, if you couldn’t do them all, at least don’t do evil, it will be considered a charity for you.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “For an unchaste woman,” of course, may Allāh ﷻ help us, may Allāh ﷻ protect us from falling into such states. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam say, “Forgiveness was granted to an unchaste woman who coming upon a dog panting and almost dead with thirst at the mouth of a well, took off her shoe, tied it with her head-covering, and drew some water for it. On that account she was forgiven.” So this bad thing she did: adultery is one of the major sins. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has forgiven her by this means, by making a charity for an animal.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “A human being has three hundred and sixty joints,” There are 360 joints in the human body: in the fingers, on the back, on the neck, everywhere. They call it a joint. Each one separately. “For each of which he must give alms daily.” So a person has to give 360 sadaqahs. “It may be mucus in the mosque which you bury, and something which you remove from the road; these are saadqah.” Of course, in the past, the mosque was all soil, and since they did not have much knowledge of adab and good behavior at that time, they sometimes spit and expelled phlegm. Covering it is charity. Removing the stones, soil, thorns, wood and garbage from the road is also considered charity. These are always counted among those 360 sadaqahs. “But if you do not find such, two rak’ahs in the forenoon (Duha prayer) will suffice you; that is, for the of 360 sadaqahs.” So, if you don’t

do any of these, performing two rakats of Duha prayer will replace these 360 sadaqahs. You should definitely perform it.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There is a reward for serving any animate. Watering a thirsty animal is charity for you.” So says watering the thirsty liver (living creature) is charity.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A reward is given in connection with every living creature. Watering every thirsty living creature is a charity for you.” So, even if a snake comes to the water, it is not okay to kill it. So it also has liver and is thirsty. If you see it outside, it’s okay, but if it’s in the water, or if it comes to the water, or if it comes to drink water, you mustn’t do anything (kill it).

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication: Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His

messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 28 July 2026/ 14 Safar 1448 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul