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What are some ways to get hasanat everyday? 

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How to get ‘hasanat’ everyday

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah Verse 177:

177 It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces toward East or West; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah, and the Last Day, and the Angel,s and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance out of love for Him for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer and practice regular charity; to fulfill the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient in pain (or suffering) and in adversity and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Every Muslim has to give ‘sadaqah’." The companions (r.a.) asked: "O Prophet of Allah (saws), what about the one who has nothing?" He (saws) said: "He should work with his hands to give ‘sadaqah’." They asked: "If he cannot find [work]?" He (saws) replied: "He should help the needy who asks for help." They asked: "If he cannot do that?" He (saws) replied: "He should then do good deeds and shun evil, for this will be taken as ‘sadaqah’."

Related by al-Bukhari.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "’Sadaqah’ is prescribed for every person every day the sun rises! To administer justice between two people is ‘sadaqah’; to assist a man upon his mount so that he may ride it is ‘sadaqah’; to place his luggage on the animal is ‘sadaqah’; to remove harm from the road is ‘sadaqah’; a good word is ‘sadaqah’; each step taken toward prayer is ‘sadaqah’."

Related by Ahmad.

Hadrat Abu Dhar al-Ghafari (r.a.) said: "The Messenger of Allah (saws)said: “’Sadaqah’ is for every person every day the sun rises.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah (saws) from what do we give ‘sadaqah’ if we do not possess property?' He (saws) said: 'The doors of ‘sadaqah’ are ‘Takbeer’ (i.e., to say: Allahu-Akbar); ‘Tahleel’ (Subhan-Allah); ‘Tahmeed’ (Alhamdulillah); ‘La -ilaha-illallah’; and ‘Astaghfirul-lah’; enjoining good; forbidding evil; removing thorns, bones, and stones from the paths of people; guiding the blind; listening to the deaf and dumb until you understand them; guiding a person to his object of need if you know where it is; hurrying with the strength of your legs to one in sorrow who is appealing for help; and supporting the weak with the strength of your arms. These are all doors of ‘sadaqah’.

Related by Ahmad.

Hadrat Abu Dharr (r.a.) said that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Your smile for your brother is ‘sadaqah’; your removal of stones, thorns, or bones from the paths of people is ‘sadaqah’; your guidance of a person who is lost is ‘sadaqah’."

Related by Bukhari.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) also said: "He from among you who wishes to protect himself from the Fire should give ‘sadaqah’, even if but with half a date! If he does not find it, then with a good word."

Related by Bukhari.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Allah, the Majestic and Mighty, shall Say on the Day of Judgment: 'O son of man! I was ill and you did not visit me.' Man will reply: 'O my Lord! How could I visit You and You are the Lord of the Worlds?' Allah shall Say: 'Did you not know that My slave, so-and-so, was ill and you did not visit him? If you had visited him, you would have found Me with him. O son of man! I asked you for food and you did not give it to me.' Man will reply: 'O my Lord! How could I give You food--You are the Lord of the Worlds?' Allah shall Say: 'Did you not know that My slave, so-and-so, asked you for food and you did not give it to him? Did you not know that if you had given the food, you would have found that with Me? O son of man! I asked you to quench My thirst and you did not.' Man will say: 'O my Lord! How could I quench Your thirst--You are the Lord of the Worlds?' Allah shall Say: 'My slave, so-and-so, asked you to quench his thirst and you did not. If you had given him to drink, you would have found that with Me.'"

Related by Muslim.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "A Muslim does not plant or sow anything from which a person, an animal, or anything eats but it is considered as ‘sadaqah’ from him."

Related by al-Bukhari.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Every good deed is ‘sadaqah’. To meet your brother with a smiling face, or (even) to pour out from your bucket into his container is ‘sadaqah’."

Related by Bukhari.

Respected Sister in Islam, every single good deed one does for the Sake and Pleasure of Allah Subhanah Alone, regardless of however insignificant it may seem to the naked eye, it will be recorded as a ‘hasanaat’ …..and every evil one abstains from only for the Sake and Fear of Allah Subhanah will be recorded as a ‘hasanaat’ in one’s ‘book of records’ with their Lord Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah Anbiyaa Verse 47:

47   We shall set up the ‘Scales of Justice’ for the Day of Judgment so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least! And if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed (good or evil), We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan