Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Charity extinguishes the anger of the Lord and averts an evil death."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "(On the Day of Resurrection) every person will be under the shade of his charity, until judgment is passed among the people." (The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words), "until judgment is given among the people." The narrator named Yazid has reported this. The narrator named Abu'l-Khair used to give something in charity every day, even if it was just a piece of bread or an onion.

Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever can save himself from Hell, he should do so, even if it is by giving half a date in charity."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Which charity is the greatest? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: That you give charity while you are healthy, you love your wealth, you fear poverty as a result of spending, and you desire to remain prosperous. Do not delay (giving charity) so much that the soul reaches the throat, and then you say: Give so much to so-and-so, and so much to so-and-so, while it has already become theirs.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the spender and the miser is like two men who are wearing armor from their necks to their chests. When the spender intends to spend, his armor loosens and becomes spacious, until (it becomes so loose that it falls down) and reaches his feet and covers the marks of his feet. As for the miser, when he intends to spend, every ring of his armor remains firmly in its place and becomes tight, and he tries to loosen it, but it does not become loose; he tries to loosen it, but it does not become loose."

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one among you (i.e., the wives) who will meet me first is the one whose hand is the longest among you. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The wives of the Prophet began measuring their hands to see whose hand was the longest. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: So Lady Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) had the longest hand among us, because she used to work with her own hand and give charity and alms with it.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Once, the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were gathered with him, and none of them was absent. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Which one of us will meet you first (after death)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one whose hand is the longest." The narrator states: The pure wives took a stick and began to measure their hands with it, and Lady Sawda bint Zam'a (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away first because she used to give much charity. (Lady Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, narrates) We thought that by the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) statement, 'the one whose hand is the longest,' he meant the one who gives the most charity.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among the Muslims gives charity from pure earnings—and Allah Almighty accepts only that which is pure—then Allah Almighty takes (that charity) in His Hand of Power and begins to nurture it, just as a person raises his young animal, until a single date becomes as large as the mountain of Uhud."

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah Almighty increases for any one of you a single date or a single morsel, just as a person raises and nurtures his young animal, until that (single morsel or single date becomes like the mountain of Uhud)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you gives charity from pure earnings—even if it is a single date—Allah Almighty accepts only pure earnings. Allah Almighty takes it in His Hand of Power and begins to nurture it, just as one of you raises his young animal, until in the Hand of Allah Almighty, it (the single date) becomes like a mountain."