Whether it is your Zakat, Zakat ul Fitr (Fitrah) or Sadaqah, any act of charity given during the month of Ramadan is earns a higher reward than during the other islamic months.
The Ramadan Donations and Ramadan Charity given around the world during this auspicious month has become is a lifeblood for many with Aid organisations depending on your contribution to assist in delivering help to the needy throughout the year
It was narrated from ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Utabah that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas used to say: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the most generous of people, and he was most generous in Ramadan when Jibril met him. Jibril use to meet him every night during the month of Ramadan and study Quran with him.” And he said: “When Jibril met him, the Messenger of Allah was more generous in doing good than the blowing wind.” [3 – Sunan an-Nasa’i 2095]
Any form of sadaqah brings the giver closer to Allah in many ways, elevates our level of taqwa and acts as a purification our fasts.
Allah said in the Qur’an, “You will never achieve taqwa until you donate some of what you cherish. And whatever you give is certainly well known to Allah.” (Surah Aal Imran, 92).
Allah loves those who do good, “And do good, for Allah certainly loves the good-doers” (Qur’an 2: 195), and giving sadaqah is part of it. It’s one of the practices that Allah repeatedly emphasised in the Qur’an after salah (prayers). In fact, the word ‘sadaqah’, and its plural ‘sadaqat’, are mentioned 12 times in the Qur’an. It covers all kinds of charity, including voluntary efforts, kind words, monetary forms, as well as the benefits that its doers will receive.
Allah is indeed the Most Generous. He promised to multiply your rewards by 700-fold, or even more for whom He wills when you give sadaqah for the sake of Allah.
Sadaqah also extinguishes our sins just like water extinguishes fire. This is based on a hadith narrated by Ka’b bin Ujrah, “Salat is clear proof, and Sawm (fasting) is an impregnable shield, and Sadaqah (charity) extinguishes sins just as water extinguishes fire.” (Tirmidhi).
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Anybody who spends a pair of something in the cause of Allah will be called from all the gates of Paradise, ‘O Allah’s slave! This is good.’ He who is amongst those who pray will be called from the gate of the prayer (in Paradise) and he who is from the people of Jihad will be called from the gate of Jihad, and he who is from those who give in charity will be called from the gate of charity, and he who is amongst those who observe fast will be called from the gate of fasting, the gate of Raiyan.” (Sahih Bukhari)
“Those who spend their wealth in charity day and night, secretly and openly—their reward is with their Lord, and there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.” (Qur’an 2: 274)
Allah assures those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah that they will not have fear or grief, and their reward is with Allah. It is the assurance and protection that our souls will need once we experience life after death.
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade.
(They will be), a just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for the sake of Allah, a man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and he says, ‘I am afraid of Allah,’ and (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given.” (Sahih Bukhari)
