Sometimes I give charity with the intention it is on behalf of my mother, so if I told her about it, would it be considered as showing off?
Tag: charity
Concealing the identity of the one giving charity
Is it permissible for me to lie to the one I give charity to, by saying this charity is not from me, but from someone else?
Do not give more than a third of your wealth in charity
She is a teacher, and loves engaging in acts of charity - and as such loves helping those in need.
Spending on the People of Knowledge
Ahmad ibn Mahdee was someone who [despite having] experienced [financial] loss and [an increase in] wealth, he spent 300,000 dirhams on the people of knowledge.
The Zakaah due on a car
Shaykh Ibn Baaz's father used to say there is zakaah due on everything — even a car, paid by giving others lifts in it.
Always giving away in charity
Never would an hour pass him (Sulaymaan at-Taymee رحمه الله) except that he would give something away in charity, and if he did not have anything [to give away in charity], he would [then] pray two...
Invites others to do good, but does not do himself
If a caller [to Islaam] invites [someone] to [do] something which he is unable to do himself - even after having tried - but finds the one he is inviting will be able to do it, should he [still]...
One good turn deserves another
I went out with my father and we came to Madeenah. Maalik ibn Anas then sent us a plate of fresh dates. So he (my father) then placed 1,000 deenaars and returned it (the plate) to him.
The glorification and praise of Allaah
On the Day of Reckoning, the glorification (تسبيح) and praise (حمد) of Allaah in the account of the believer is better [for him] than to be accompanied by a mountain of gold.
Where did you get these dates from?
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen's reaction on learning a simple gift of dates hadn't come from the giver's own home.