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What are the Hadiths that encourage charity and illustrate its reward on the Day of Judgment and in Paradise, and which can be used to encourage the collection of more donations?

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This is a collection of sacred texts from the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah that encourage charity and explain its virtues, among them are the words of Allah Almighty: (O you who have believed, spend from what We have provided for you), and (The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes), and the words of the Prophet, peace be upon him: "Whoever gives charity equal to a date-fruit from honest earnings... Allah accepts it with His right hand, then He nurtures it for its owner... until it becomes like a mountain," and "There is no day upon which people awake but that two angels descend, and one says: 'O Allah, give compensation to one who spends,' and the other says: 'O Allah, inflict destruction upon one who withholds,'" and "Allah said: 'Spend, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.'" Furthermore, giving charity to one's spouse and children is more deserving than giving it to others.

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