Gave charity secretly.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Asalmualaikum,
I wanted to give some money in charity bt i dnt want to reveal to it any1 so i
gave some money to my mother saying that one of mi frnd gave me to distribute
among the needy people now i realised however i told lie with mi parents so
that mi good deed go in vain? I cud have given secretly but that cud nt be
possible hence i prefered giving it mi parents coz they are right people to
give to right people. will Allah swt will not accept mi charity?
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Answer:
Gave charity
secretly
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 13 Surah
Raad verse 22:
22 Those who patiently persevere seeking the countenance of their Lord;
establish regular prayers; spend (in charity) out of (the gifts) We have
bestowed for their sustenance secretly and openly; and turn off evil with good:
for such there is the final attainment of the (Eternal) Home.
Dear and beloved sister in Islam, if the only intention
behind you not telling your parents the whole truth about the source of the
charity was only to hide your charity even from them….rest assured that there
is no harm and your charity will be accepted by the All-Knowing, All-Seeing
Lord of the Worlds, Insha Allah.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.504 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "Seven people
will be shaded by Allah under His Shade on the Day when there will be no shade
except His. They are:
(1) a just ruler;
(2) a young man who has
been brought up in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worships Allah (Alone) sincerely
from his childhood),
(3) a man whose heart is
attached to the mosque (who offers the five compulsory congregational prayers
in the mosque);
(4) two persons who love
each other only for Allah's Sake and they meet and part in Allah's Cause only;
(5) a man who refuses the
call of a charming woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual intercourse with
her and says: ‘I am afraid of Allah’;
(6) a person who
practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right
hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity).
(7) a person who
remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes get flooded with tears."
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