The reason for the naming of secret charity
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Question:
Finally, you ask, O Shaykh, about secret charity, and why it was given this name?
Answer:
Secret charity, meaning the hidden charity that a person conceals, is better than public charity.[Al-Baqarah 2:271]. Yes.
Finally, you ask, O Shaykh, about secret charity, and why it was given this name?
Answer:
Secret charity, meaning the hidden charity that a person conceals, is better than public charity.
If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you
إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (188) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-07-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:40)
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