numerous verses. Let us take the opening verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah, for example, in which He mentions those who give charity will be granted guidance:

ھُدًی  لِّلۡمُتَّقِیۡنَ ۙ(۲)الَّذِیۡنَ یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِالۡغَیۡبِ وَ یُقِیۡمُوۡنَ الصَّلٰوۃَ وَ  مِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰہُمۡ  یُنۡفِقُوۡنَ ۙ(۳)

Guidance for those who fear (Allah).Those who believe without seeing, and keep Salah (i.e. the five daily prayers) established and spend in Our path from the sustenance We have bestowed (upon them).^[1]

In specific regards to ‘وَ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰہُمۡ یُنۡفِقُوۡنَ’, sayyid Muḥammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn Murādabādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains:

Spending in the path of Allah means either specifically giving zakat, as evidenced by part of another verse which says  یُقِیۡمُوۡنَ الصَّلٰوۃَ وَ یُؤۡ تُوۡنَ الزَّکٰوۃَ, or this means spending in the path of Allah unconditionally. This unconditional spending can be farḍ or wājib, and includes zakat, charitable donations for Islamic causes or spending on one’s family. This unconditional spending can also be for something mustaḥab, such as voluntary charity or donating rewards to the deceased.

Ruling: The financial expenses accrued by donating rewards to saints or pious people, are all included in the definition of voluntary charity.^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers! Fortunate are the Muslims who deal with their wealth in the necessitated manner, pay zakat and fiṭrah happily on time, spend money on their parents, siblings and children, feed the poor and destitute, build hospitals with good intentions, spend sincerely on