The Difference Between Secret and Public Charity
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Question:
The second question, Naif. Your Excellency the Shaykh, regarding the difference between secret and public charity. Okay. And the third question, please proceed. May Allah keep you safe. Ah.
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said: "If you disclose your charities..."[Al-Anfal 8:19] And He the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:271] Therefore, concealing charity is better than making it public, because this is more conducive to sincerity for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and further from showing off, unless there is a need to display the charity so that people follow suit and give charity, or so that they know that so-and-so is in need and give him charity. In this case, making the charity public is better than concealing it due to the stronger benefit in doing so. Yes.
The second question, Naif. Your Excellency the Shaykh, regarding the difference between secret and public charity. Okay. And the third question, please proceed. May Allah keep you safe. Ah.
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said: "If you disclose your charities..."
it is best for you
فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْIf 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) (064) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-08-20] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (16:59)
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