Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatuh!
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate!
Surely Allah knows
whatever you may have spent
and whatever vow you may have made,
and the wrong-doers
(who spend in the way of Satan)
shall have no helpers.*1
If you practise charity publicly, it is good;
but if you give charity secretly to the needy,
it is much better for you,*2
for this will expiate many of your sins.*3
Anyhow, Allah is well aware of
whatever you do.
(Surah-2 Al-Baqarah ~ Ayah-270-271)
Explanation:
*1- Whether
or not a man spends in the way of Allah, and whether or not he vows to
spend in the way of Allah, Allah is fully aware both of his intentions
and deeds. All those who either spend for the sake of Allah or vow to
spend for the sake of Allah will be adequately rewarded. As for those
who have either spent or have vowed to spend for others than Allah, no
one will save them from Allah's chastisement.
'Vow' means either a man's pledge to spend something or to perform some
act of goodness which is not obligatory on him providing a particular
wish of his is fulfilled. Provided that this vow is related to some wish
which is in itself permissible and good and that the person concerned
makes it to none but Allah and for the sake of Allah, then such a vow
will be reckoned as an act of obedience to Allah and its fulfilment will
be worthy of reward. Otherwise such a vow will be seen as an act of
disobedience and sin and its fulfilment will invite punishment from
Allah.
*2-
If charity is of an obligatory nature it is preferable to dispense it
openly. Non-obligatory charity should preferably be dispensed secretly.
This principle applies to all acts. As a rule, it is more meritorious to
perform obligatory acts openly and non-obligatory acts of goodness,
secretly.
*3- The performance of good deeds
in secret leads to the continual improvement of one's life and
character. One's good qualities develop fully and one's bad qualities
gradually wither away. This makes a man so acceptable to Allah that He
pardons the sins that he might have committed.
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grant us good in this world
and good in the hereafter,
and save us from the chastisement of the fire
(Aameen)
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