يَمْحَقُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَيُرْبِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ ٢٧٦
Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.
Quran verses about Charity and spending in the way of Allah
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63 verses in 22 surahs · 18 subtopics
These verses command charity (sadaqa) and spending in the way of Allah and praise those who spend, explaining on whom to spend and that giving openly is accepted while giving in secret is better. They set its conditions — seeking the face of Allah, without reminders of generosity or injury, with moderation between extravagance and miserliness — warn that spending to be seen is wasted, and promise a multiplied reward.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 63
- The command to spend in Allah’s path 5
- Those stingy with good and their evil end 5
- A man’s spending on his family as a basis of his guardianship (qiwamah) 1
- What the disbelievers spend is wasted 3
- Condition for spending to be accepted: not following it with reminders or hurt 1
- Condition for spending to be accepted: not choosing the worst of one’s wealth 1
- Condition for spending to be accepted: seeking Allah’s countenance 3
- Whom to spend on after those with rights 8
- Both open and secret spending are accepted, and secret is better 6
- Whatever one spends, Allah replaces it 1
- Praise for those who spend in Allah’s path 8
- Spending comes from what exceeds one’s needs 1
- What a divorced wife is given (al-mut‘ah) 4
- The multiplied reward of those who spend 2
- Those who spend to show off spend in vain 4
- Moderation in spending, between extravagance and miserliness 4
- Charity (sadaqah) 15
- How to give it: openly or in secret 1
- The prohibition of following it with reminders and hurt 3
- Urging charity and the reward of those who give 6
- A purification that cleanses wealth and makes it grow 2
- Its recipients 1
- As compensation or expiation 1
- The duty to choose good things to spend from 1
- Spending in Allah’s path 10
A purification that cleanses wealth and makes it grow · 2 verses
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٠٣
Take, [O Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allāh's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.