What are hadiths about generosity? Examples of hadiths about generosity…
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “The miserly man and the giver of charity are like two persons with coats of mail over them. When the giver of charity intends to give charity, it expands over him (so much so) that his footprints are also obliterated. And when the miserly man intends to give charity, it contracts over him, and his hands are tied up to his collar bone, and every ring is fixed up to another.” (Muslim, al-Zakat, 77)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, ‘O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your cause,’ and the other (angel) says, ‘O Allah! Destroy every miser.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Zakat, 27)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “…Miserliness and faith can never reside in one’s heart at the same time.” (al-Nasaʾi, al-Jihad, 8)
According to Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “…Beware of miserliness! This is because miserliness led to bloodshed in the previous generations, and encouraged people to transgress the boundaries, and that destroyed them.” ( Muslim, al-Birr, 56)
According to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (ra), the Holy Prophet (saw) said, “The swindler, the stingy person, and the person who taunts will not enter Paradise.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Birr, 41)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
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