Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Every day two angels descend. One says: O Allah! Give more to the one who spends, and the other says: O Allah! Destroy the wealth of the miser.

Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: The Muslim trustworthy treasurer, who spends, and sometimes he (the Prophet) said: who gives what he has been commanded to give, and gives the full amount (i.e., does not deduct anything as commission or bribe), and gives the full charity, with happiness of heart, and delivers it to the one he has been ordered to give it to—he too is considered as one who gives charity.

Narrated from Sayyida Asma bint Abi Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with her) that she came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have nothing except what Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) gives me. If I give some of it in charity, will I be sinful?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Give as much as you can, do not hoard it, and do not keep reminding (of your charity), otherwise Allah will also withhold from you."

‘Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: When a woman spends from the grain of her house without causing corruption (that is, as is customary, such as giving a piece to a poor person or a handful to a beggar, in which the husband’s consent is known by custom), then she will have the reward for what she spent, and the husband will have the reward for what he earned. And the treasurer will also have the same reward, so that the reward of one will not diminish the reward of the other (that is, Allah Almighty will give each one a separate reward, not that He will make one share in the reward of the other).

‘Sayyiduna Umair, who was the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abi Al-Lahm (may Allah be pleased with him), says: My master (Abi Al-Lahm) ordered me to dry some meat. A poor man came, so I gave him an amount suitable for eating. When my master found out, he beat me. I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him (Glory be to Allah, you were a refuge for orphans, widows, and the oppressed). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and asked: Why did you beat him? He replied: He gives away my food without my permission. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Both of you will have the reward for this charity.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No woman should observe (optional) fast while her husband is present at home except with his permission, and she should not allow anyone (of her mahram relatives) to enter his house while he is present except with his permission (and when he is not present, then all the more she should not allow anyone to enter except according to his prior instructions and consent). And whatever she spends from his earnings without his permission, then in that (reward) her husband has half the reward (i.e., the man gets the reward for earning and the woman for giving).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that some people from the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for something, so he gave them. They asked again, and he gave them again, until whatever he had was finished. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever wealth I have, I do not withhold it from you. And whoever refrains from asking, Allah will protect him; and whoever makes himself self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whoever strives to be patient, Allah will grant him patience. And no gift from Allah is better and more expansive than patience."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Indeed, successful is the person who accepted Islam, was given sustenance according to his need, and Allah made him content with whatever He gave him.

Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avoid clinging to asking (begging), for by Allah, if someone asks me for something and, because of his request, something is spent from me and I dislike it (i.e., I give it unwillingly), then how can there be any blessing in it?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: One of you will continue asking (begging) until he meets Allah and there will not be a single piece of flesh on his face.