Charity, Zakat
قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ {263}
Kind words and forgiveness is better than ‘صَدَقَةٍ’ charity followed by (causing) distress; and Allah is Needless, Forbearing [2:263]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ( عليهم السلام ) أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَبَاعَدَ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْكُمْ كَمَا تَبَاعَدَ الْمَشْرِقُ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالُوا بَلَى
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Ismail Bin Abu Ziyad,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws that the Prophet-saww said to his-saww companions: ‘Shall I-saww inform you all with something that if you were to do it, it would distance the Satan-la from you just as the East is distanced from the West?’ They said, ‘Yes’ (please).
قَالَ الصَّوْمُ يُسَوِّدُ وَجْهَهُ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ تَكْسِرُ ظَهْرَهُ وَ الْحُبُّ فِي اللَّهِ وَ الْمُوَازَرَةُ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ يَقْطَعُ دَابِرَهُ وَ الِاسْتِغْفَارُ يَقْطَعُ وَتِينَهُ وَ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ زَكَاةٌ وَ زَكَاةُ الْأَبْدَانِ الصِّيَامُ
He-saww said : ‘The Fast blackens his-la face, and the charity breaks his-la back, and the love for the Sake of Allah-azwj and the assistance upon the righteous deeds cuts-off his-la tail (followers), and seeking the Forgiveness cuts-off his-la vein (aorta); and for everything is a Zakāt, and a Zakāt of the bodies are the Fasts.[1]
[1] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Fasts Ch 1 H 2