REALDEEN.COM
COMMUNITY
Create Account

How should we spend our money in the cause of Allah?

Question Category

Back to Zakat & Charity

Zakat & Charity ( زکواۃ صدقہ خیرات )

How should we spend our money in the cause of Allah?

ہمیں اللہ کی راہ میں اپنا مال کس طرح خرچ کرنا چاہئیے؟

Surah Al-Baqarah: 2 - Ayah: 262
Arabic
ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتۡبِعُونَ مَآ أَنفَقُواْ مَنّٗا وَلَآ أَذٗى لَّهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٢٦٢
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
Those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah and do not follow up their spending by stressing their benevolence and causing hurt, will find their reward secure with their Lord. They have no cause for fear and grief.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Jo log apne maal Allah ki raah mein kharch karte hain aur kharch karke phir ehsan nahin jatate na dukh dete hain, unka ajar unke Rubb ke paas hai aur unke liye kisi ranjh aur khauf ka mauqa nahin
Surah Al-Baqarah: 2 - Ayah: 263
Arabic
۞ قَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّن صَدَقَةٖ يَتۡبَعُهَآ أَذٗىۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٞ ٢٦٣
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
To speak a kind word and to forgive people’s faults is better than charity followed by hurt. Allah is All-Sufficient, All-Forbearing.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Ek meetha bol aur kisi nagawaar baat par zara si chasm poshi (forbearance) us khairaat se behtar hai, jiske pichey dukh ho. Allah be-niyaz hai aur burdbaari (forbearing) uski siffat hai
Surah Al-Baqarah: 2 - Ayah: 264
Arabic
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُبۡطِلُواْ صَدَقَٰتِكُم بِٱلۡمَنِّ وَٱلۡأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفۡوَانٍ عَلَيۡهِ تُرَابٞ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٞ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلۡدٗاۖ لَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٦٤
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
Believers! Do not nullify your acts of charity by stressing your benevolence and causing hurt as does he who spends his wealth only to be seen by people and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day. The example of his spending is that of a rock with a thin coating of earth upon it: when a heavy rain smites it, the earth is washed away, leaving the rock bare; such people derive no gain from their acts of charity. Allah does not set the deniers of the Truth on the Right Way.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aey iman laney walon! Apne sadaqat ko ehsan jata kar aur dukh dekar us shaks ki tarah khaakh mein na mila do, jo apna maal mehaz logon ke dikhane ko kharch karta hai aur na Allah par iman rakhta hai na aakhirat par, uske kharch ki misaal aisi hai jaise ek chattan (rock) thi, jispar mitti ki teh jami hui thi, ispar jab zoar ka meh (barish) barsa, to saari mitti bhi gayi aur saaf chattan ki chattan reh gayi, aisey log apne nazdeek khayraat karke jo neki kamate hain, ussey kuch bhi unke haath nahin aata, aur kaafiron ko seedhi raah dikhana Allah ka dastoor nahin hai
Surah Al-Baqarah: 2 - Ayah: 267
Arabic
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنفِقُواْ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا كَسَبۡتُمۡ وَمِمَّآ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُواْ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنۡهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسۡتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغۡمِضُواْ فِيهِۚ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٢٦٧
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
Believers! Spend (in the Way of Allah) out of the good things you have earned and out of what We have produced for you from the earth, and choose not for your spending the bad things such as you yourselves would not accept or accept only by overlooking its defects. Know well that Allah is All-Munificent, Most Praiseworthy.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aey logon jo iman laye ho, jo maal tumne kamaye hain aur jo kuch humne zameen se tumhare liye nikala hai, usmein se behtar hissa raah e khuda mein kharch karo, aisa na ho ke uski raah mein dene ke liye buri se buri cheez chaantne (pick out) ki koshish karne lago, halaanke wahi cheez agar koi tumhein dey to tum hargiz usey lena gawara na karoge illa yeh ke isko qabool karne mein tum igmaaz (disdain) barat jao, tumhein jaan lena chahiye ke Allah bay-niyaz hai aur behtareen sifaat se muttasif hai
Surah Al-Baqarah: 2 - Ayah: 271
Arabic
إِن تُبۡدُواْ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۖ وَإِن تُخۡفُوهَا وَتُؤۡتُوهَا ٱلۡفُقَرَآءَ فَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٢٧١
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
If you dispense your charity publicly, it is well; but if you conceal it and pay it to the needy in secret, it will be even better for you. This will atone for several of your misdeeds. Allah is well aware of all that you do.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Agar apne sadaqaat elaniya (openly) do to yeh bhi accha hai, lekin agar chupa kar haajat-mandon ko do to yeh tumhare haqq mein zyada behtar hai, tumhari bahut si buraiyan is tarz e amal se mehw (expiate) ho jati hain .Aur jo kuch tum karte ho Allah ko bahar haal uski khabar hai
Surah An-Nisa: 4 - Ayah: 38
Arabic
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۗ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينٗا فَسَآءَ قَرِينٗا ٣٨
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
Allah does not love those who spend out of their wealth to make a show of it to people when they believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. And he who has taken Satan for a companion has indeed taken for himself a very bad companion.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur woh log bhi Allah ko na-pasand hain jo apne maal mehaz logon ko dikhane ke liye kharch karte hain aur dar haqeeqat na Allah par iman rakhte hain na roz e aakhir par, sach yeh hai ke shaytan jiska rafeeq (companion) hua usey bahut hi buri rafaqat muyassar aayi
Surah Al-Insan: 76 - Ayah: 6
Arabic
عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفۡجِيرٗا ٦
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
This will be a gushing spring wherefrom Allah's servants shall drink wine, a spring from which they will take out channels wherever they wish.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Yeh ek behta chasma(spring) hoga jiske pani ke saath Allah ke bandey sharaab piyengey aur jahan chahengey ba-sahulat uski shakhein (nikal) lengey
Surah Al-Insan: 76 - Ayah: 7
Arabic
يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذۡرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوۡمٗا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسۡتَطِيرٗا ٧
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
These will be the ones who fulfil their vows and dread the Day whose woe shall be spread far and wide;
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Yeh woh log hongey jo (duniya mein) nazar poori karte hain, aur us din se darte hain jiski aafat har taraf phaili hui hogi
Surah Al-Insan: 76 - Ayah: 8
Arabic
وَيُطۡعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسۡكِينٗا وَيَتِيمٗا وَأَسِيرًا ٨
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
those who, for the love of Him, feed the needy, and the orphan, and the captive,
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur Allah ki muhabbat mein miskeen aur yateem aur qaidi ko khana khilate hain
Surah Al-Insan: 76 - Ayah: 9
Arabic
إِنَّمَا نُطۡعِمُكُمۡ لِوَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَلَا شُكُورًا ٩
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
(saying): “We feed you only for Allah's sake; we do not seek of you any recompense or thanks,
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur unse kehte hain ke (hum tumhein sirf) Allah ki khatir khila rahey hain, hum tumse na koi badla chahte hain na shukriya
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 10
Arabic
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)?
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur dono numayan raste usey (nahin) dikha diye
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 11
Arabic
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Magar usne dushwar guzar ghati(steep) se guzarne ki himmat na ki
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 12
Arabic
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
And what do you know what that difficult steep is?
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur tum kya jaano kay kya hai woh dushwar guzar ghaati
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 13
Arabic
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
It is freeing someone's neck from slavery;
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Kisi gardan ko gulami se chudana
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 14
Arabic
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
or giving food on a day of hunger
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Ya faake ke din
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 15
Arabic
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
to an orphan near of kin;
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
kisi qareebi yateem
Surah Al-Balad: 90 - Ayah: 16
Arabic
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
or to a destitute lying in dust;
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Ya khaak nasheen miskeen ko khana khilana
Surah Al-Layl: 92 - Ayah: 18
Arabic
ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
the Godfearing who spends his wealth to purify himself;
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Jo paakiza honay ki khatir apna maal deta hai
Surah Al-Layl: 92 - Ayah: 19
Arabic
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ ١٩
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
not as payment for any favours that he received,
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Uspar kisi ka koi ehsan nahin hai jiska badla usey dena ho
Surah Al-Layl: 92 - Ayah: 20
Arabic
إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٠
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
but only to seek the good pleasure of his Lord Most High.
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Woh to sirf apne Rubb-e-bartrar ki raza joii ke liye yeh kaam karta hai
Surah Al-Layl: 92 - Ayah: 21
Arabic
وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ ٢١
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
He will surely be well-pleased (with him).
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur zaroor woh (us se) khush hoga
Surah Ad-Duhaa: 93 - Ayah: 10
Arabic
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ١٠
English — A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)
and chide not him who asks,
Urdu — Tafheem-ul-Quran, Syed Abul A'la Maududi
Aur saayil(maangne waley) ko na jhidko