The properties of alms in the Holy Quran
First : God praises the beneficent whether man or woman ( And the almsgiving men and
the almsgiving women ……Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward )Al
Ahzab ( The allies
Second : It is a shameful thing to ask for alms without any purpose or need to it ( And of them
there are those who blame you with respect to the alms )Al-Tawbah ( The repentance
Third : The alms reach to God before reaching to one who need to it , it means that
God accepts alms and bless it . ( Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from his
servants and takes the alms , and that Allah is the Oft-returning ( to mercy ) , the merciful
Al-Tawbah ( The repentance
Fourth : The hidden alms is better than the public one in order not to fill in the trap
of hypocrisy .( If you give alms openly , it is well , and if you hide it and give it to the poor
it is better for you ; ….) Al-Baqrah ( The Cow )
Fifth : The alms should be pure without harming the one who need to it .( O you who believe do
not make you charity worthless by reproach injury ….) Al-Baqrah ( The Cow )
Sixth : Hypocrisy spoils the alms ( … Like him who spends his property to be seen of men
Al-Baqrah ( The Cow
Seventh : The alms should be pure to God .( …So his parable is as the parable of a smooth rock
with earth upon it , then a heavy rain falls upon it , so it leaves it bare … ) Al-Baqrah ( The
Cow
Eighth : God multiplies the reward of the beneficent in the present life & after life . ( The parable
of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is as the parable of a grain growing
seven ears ( with ) a hundred grains in every ear , and Allah multiplies for whom he
pleases , and Allah is Ample –giving , knowing ) Al-Baqrah ( The Cow
Ninth : The alms includes different kinds of helping the one who need to it like
forgive him from the loan . ( ..And blood –money should be paid to his people unless the
remit it as alms …. ) Al-Nisa ( The Woman )
Tenth :From the kind of alms is the beneficent himself needs the money but he
gives it to another one and it is the best kind of altruism . ( And prefer ( them ) before
themselves though poverty may afflict them …) Al-Hasher ( The Banishment
Source : jurisprudence of ethics written by Al-Sayed Mohammed Al-Sader

Translated by Al-Muntadhira