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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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