Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), my mother (Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza), who was a polytheist, came to me. I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about her. I also said that she is very eager (to meet me), so can I maintain ties of kinship with my mother? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, maintain ties of kinship with your mother.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that a man asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "My mother passed away suddenly, and I think that if she had the opportunity to speak, she would have given some charity. If I give charity on her behalf, will she receive its reward?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes, she will receive it."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: It is obligatory for every Muslim to give charity. The companions asked: If someone does not have anything (to give in charity)? He (the Prophet) said: Then he should work with his own hands, benefit himself, and also give charity. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: If he does not have the strength for that, or he cannot do it? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Then he should help someone in need or in distress. The companions asked: If he cannot do even that? He said: Then he should encourage others towards good, or he said, do good. They asked: And if he cannot do even that? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Then he should refrain from evil, for that too is charity for him.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Charity is due upon every joint of a person, every day upon which the sun rises. If he acts justly between people, that is also a charity. And helping a man with his mount, lifting him onto it, or hoisting his belongings onto it, that is also a charity. And a good word is also a charity. And every step he takes towards prayer is also a charity. And removing something harmful from the road is also a charity.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no day in which the servants wake up in the morning except that two angels descend from the heavens. One of them says: "O Allah, give a reward to the one who spends (in charity)," and the other says: "O Allah, destroy the wealth of the miser."

Sayyiduna Haritha bin Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Give charity, for a time will come upon you when a person will go out with his wealth to give in charity, but he will not find anyone to accept it. (Whoever he goes to with the charity) will reply: 'If you had brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it, but today I have no need of it.'"

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will surely come upon the people when a man will go out with his charity of gold but will not find anyone to accept it. And it will also happen that forty women will be under the protection of one man, because of the scarcity of men and the abundance of women." (Near the Day of Judgment, either the birth rate of women will increase and men will be fewer, or due to the abundance of wars, the number of men will decrease, and this has happened several times.)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Before the Day of Resurrection, wealth and riches will become so abundant and people will become so wealthy that at that time, the owner of wealth will worry about who will accept his zakat, and even if he wishes to give it to someone, he will receive the reply, "I have no need of it." (Near the Day of Resurrection, when the earth will bring forth its treasures, this situation will arise.)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever gives charity equal to a date from lawful earnings—and only lawful earnings reach Allah—then Allah accepts it with His right hand and nurtures it for the giver of charity as one of you nurtures his colt, until it becomes like a mountain.

Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Save yourselves from Hell, even if it be by giving a piece of date (in charity); (but surely try to protect yourselves from the fire of Hell by giving charity)."