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5. Imam Muhammad (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who has Astaghfirullaah written under each of his sin on the Day of Judgment is indeed fortunate.”

“One who satisfies the hunger of four Muslims, Allah will grant him the reward of freeing a slave from the progeny of Ismail (a.s.).”

Hadith.1687 - Abu Ja'far (as) said: "Acts of kindness protect against calamities."

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), died and left sixty slaves, of whom he set free one-third. I drew lots among them and selected twenty, and I freed them.’”

Feeding a Muslim is equal to freeing a human being.

Your father Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (as) told me: "When you are in (financial) need, rise early in the day, for the subsistence (Rizq) is distributed before sunrise. And Allah, Most High, has blessed this Ummah in its early hours; and give away alms in the early hour; because adversities do not follow the alms (Sadaqah)."

“I was in the presence of abu Ja‘far (a.s.), in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause. At that time, one of the extended over-hangings of the Masjid fell on a man and injured his leg. Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), told us to ask him about what he has done today. When people asked him about it, he said, ‘When I came out of my home, there were some dates in my sleeve. I passed by a beggar and gave him one piece of date as charity. 5 Abu Ja’far (a.s.), said, ‘That is the reason why Allah repelled misfortune from you.”’

Hadith.1690 - Abu Ja'far (as) said: "Everything has a fruit, and the fruit of goodness is hastening to perform it."

Hadith.3613 - Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Assistance descends from the heavens in proportion to one's needs."

“I heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.) saying, ‘Once abu Ja’far (a.s.) looked upon a man who was saying, “O Lord, I plead before You for lawful sustenance.” Abu Ja’far (a.s.) said to him, ‘You are asking the sustenance of the prophets, say, “O Lord, I plead before You for lawful sustenance from You that is vast and pure.’”

Feeding four Muslims is equal to freeing a slave from the descendants of Prophet Ishmael.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said to his companions: Should I not tell you something, that if you do it, Satan would be as far away from you as the East is from the West? They said: Of course. He said: Fasting blackens his face, charity breaks his back, loving for the sake of Allah and putting an effort into performing righteous deeds cuts his tail, and repentance cuts his artery. Everything has a purifier, and the purifier of the bodies is fasting.

Whoever gives charity in Sha`ban, Allah will nurture it just as one of you nurtures a child; until it becomes the like of [Mount] Uhud on the Day of Resurrection.

“Abu al-Hassan, has narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, who has said that once a man came to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), and said, ‘I have donated a slave-girl to al-Ka‘bah and I have received five hundred dinar; how do you consider it? He (the Imam) said, ‘Sell her and take the funds from her sale. Stand up near the Black Stone and call those of Hajj who are looted on the way or are needy and distribute it among them.’”

Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) gave me one thousand gold coins, and he ordered me to distribute it to the families who lost members with Zayd b. `Ali (as). So, I distributed it. I gave `Abdullah b. al-Zubayr the brother of Fudayl al-Rassan four gold coins.

Hadith.1729 - Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Goodness and charity eliminate poverty, increase lifespan, and protect their giver from seventy types of ill-fated deaths."

“God does not need anyone whose body and wealth are of no benefit to God.”

One-third was given to their neighbors. One-third was given to the needy and beggars. One-third was kept for the members of their household.

“Kindness [to parents] increases one’s lifespan and charity given secretly calms the Lord’s wrath.”

“I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), say the following: ‘All of goodness is written on the foreheads of the horses to remain up to the Day of Judgment.’”