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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