Part One: SEERAH (Biographical Sketch) CHAPTER

C:\Users\Admin\Dropbox\The Message - Material of Maulana\16. Books and Review\Apa's Books\Life And 95 payment of zakah. Sadaqah also gives protection against all kinds of evils, wards off affliction in this world, questioning in the grave, and punishment on Judgement Day. It is, therefore, recommended to give sadaqah, by night and by day, in secret and in public to seek God’s pleasure (2:274). The constant giving of little is said to please God more than the occasional giving of much. Sadaqah is also a means of moral edification. It purifies the soul of the evil of avarice, and is a reflection of the generosity of God the All-Giving. We conclude with a hadith, which sums up the essence of charity: “Every good act is charity. Your smiling to your brother is charity; an exhortation of your fellow men to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving; your putting a wanderer on the right road is charity; your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones, and thorns, and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity. A man’s true wealth as regards the Hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellowmen. When he dies people will ask, What property has he left behind him?” But the angels will ask: “What good deeds has he sent before him?”