Is giving charity to the poor with the intention of seeking healing from the deeds one wants for this world?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it considered seeking this world through one's deeds if a person gives charity to the poor and the needy with the intention that Allah will heal his sick person, given that it came in the hadith: "Treat your sick with charity"?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Charity is a means by which Allah averts calamity. So he intends the reward of Allah, and he also intends that Allah avert from him or his child what has befallen them. There is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it considered seeking this world through one's deeds if a person gives charity to the poor and the needy with the intention that Allah will heal his sick person, given that it came in the hadith: "Treat your sick with charity"?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Charity is a means by which Allah averts calamity. So he intends the reward of Allah, and he also intends that Allah avert from him or his child what has befallen them. There is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل التصدق على الفقراء قاصدا الشفاء من الأعمال التي أريد بها الدنيا؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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