The Ruling on the Hadith: (Charity protects from evil fates)

Question:
Your Eminence! A collection of statements is presented, and it says: I have read them, and the book that mentions them says: they are hadiths. The first statement is: “Charity protects from evil fates.” Is this a hadith?

Answer:
I do not recall it as a hadith; rather, it is well known as a statement of the scholars. I do not recall it as a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is derived from the meanings of the hadiths, and that charity causes Allah to avert evil. It was mentioned in the hadith of al-Harith al-Ash'ari that Yahya ibn Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was commanded by Allah to convey to the Children of Israel, and among that was that he said: “I command you to give charity, for its likeness is like that of a man captured by the enemy, who was brought to have his neck struck, and he kept ransoming himself from them with little and much.” This indicates that charity protects from evil fates… it protects from evil. Yes.

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