Reading the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he transmitted: "
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The reciter: He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The chapter on the virtue of the grateful rich person, who is the one who takes wealth from its proper source and spends it in the ways commanded:
Allah the Exalted said:.
And He the Exalted said:[Al-Layl 92:17-20].
And He said:[Al-Baqarah 2:271].
And He said, the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:92].
And the verses regarding the virtue of spending in acts of obedience are numerous and well known".
Allah the Exalted said:
So as for he who gives and fears Allah and believes in the good, We will make easy for him the easy
فأما من أعطى واتقى وصدق بالحسنى فسنيسره لليسرىAnd He the Exalted said:
(17) But the righteous one will avoid it - (18) [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself (19) And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded (20) But only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High.
وسيجنبها الأتقى، الذي يؤتي ماله يتزكى، وما لأحد عنده من نعمة تُجزى، إلا ابتغاء وجه ربه الأعلى ولسوف يرضىAnd He said:
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, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allah, with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.
إن تبدوا الصدقات فنعِمَّا هي وإن تخفوها وتؤتوها الفقراء فهو خير لكم * ويكفر عنكم من سيئاتكم والله بما تعملون خبيرAnd He said, the Exalted:
Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.
لن تنالوا البر حتى تنفقوا مما تحبون وما تنفقوا من شيء فإن الله به عليمAnd the verses regarding the virtue of spending in acts of obedience are numerous and well known".