Wednesday, January 4, 2017

SADAQA REMOVES EVIL, SICKNESS, DISASTER, AND UNFORTUNATE INCIDENCES

There are numerous stories related to the fact that when people gave sadaqa, they were relieved of many kinds of misfortunes.
The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) had said, as quoted in Bihar ul-Anwar (v 62 page 269), “Allah says that when the angel of death is asked to remove the soul of a person, and if he or she gives sadaqa, Allah orders the angel of death to stop.”
Similarly, the Infallible Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, as quoted in Bihar ul-Anwar, “A Sadaqa given openly, prevents seventy types of mishaps, and a Sadaqa given secretly cools of the anger of Allah. Sadaqa shields us from seventy evils of this world, including ill-fated death.”
When we give charity, Allah in His Infinite Mercy changes our fate as stated in Surah ar-Ra'ad Ayah 39, “Allah removes what He wishes and establishes what He wishes, for He has Mother of Books.”
If charity is given in the name of the Imam Zamana and the Infallible Imam Husayn (a.s.) and request them for help, the sickness may be cured and other duas are responded.
In a book named “Jazaa al-Amal” on page 37, Shaikh Ahmad Mujtahidi described that there was a disease in the grape gardens of a village Shahryar in Iran which caused extensive damage. A man, who used to give zakat and other charity, was fortunate that his garden was safe.
Once, a business man was on the death bed and his family was very upset and crying. The man asked his family to give what ever was in the storage room as charity which resulted in his recovery and a long life of 130 years!
The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) said, (Najafiat page 117), “Cure your sickness with charity.”
Allama Hilli reports that once the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) passed by a Jew who was chopping wood. On seeing the Jew, he (s.a.w.a.s.) said that the Jew would be bitten by a snake and will die. In the evening, people saw that the Jew was still alive. He (s.a.w.a.s.) asked the Jew to be brought in his presence. The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) asked him to open the bundle of chopped wood and out popped a snake. He (s.a.w.a.s.) asked the Jew as to what act did he do on that day. The Jew replied that while he was eating his food a beggar came and asked for some food and he without hesitation gave him one of the two breads he had. The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) said that the Jew was destined to die but the charity saved him. The Jew became Muslim.
Shaheed Hassan Shirazi narrated on page 202 in his book “Kalimatullah” that Prophet Yaqub was visited by a beggar on a Friday night, he had heard the beggar but did not feed him. Allah put him to a test to make him realize the importance of charity and Prophet Yousuf was separated from him for a long time.
In the book “Liaalil Akhbaar” page 82, it is reported that the Infallible Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said that Prophet I'sa was told that a certain girl was getting married. When they mentioned her name, he said that she was going to die on her wedding night.
The morning after the wedding they found that the bride was still alive. Prophet I'sa wanted to see the bride and asked her if she had done any good act on the wedding night.
The bride replied that there was a beggar who used to beg on every Friday night. On the wedding night, which was a Friday night, he came and beg as usual and because nobody bothered with him, she got up and went to give him some charity. Prophet I'sa asked her to look at a pile of clothes which lay in her room. When the bride tried to look beneath the pile of clothes she found a scorpion. Prophet I'sa remarked that due to the good act, she had been saved from death.


Source: The Beauty of Charity by Ahmad Ali Al-Kuwaity

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