Give to charity whenever you still have the penny

Assalamualaikum/ Gud day

You know how many facebook user in this world? HEAPS of them right?

anyone havent got 'a' facebook account yet?

You better get your hands at this stuff, i really meant it. Some people think if they have facebook they will easily get distracted by it. well every technology has its own advantages and disadvantages and it depends on the users how they going to use it.

However, if you can manipulate this technology into something useful, wouldnt that be excellent? Like one student association in Ireland, they use facebook to convey message about donation to build a mosque in chech republic and also donation for yogyakarta earthquake.

Sometimes technology does helps propagating something good. Even more, if you're a business minded person a charity such as above is like an investment. Remarkably it's an investment with a sure profit insyaAllah ( If in business case, a sure profit without any risk is haram ie bank divident with fixed interest).

some people think that they have to give or must give 100 or 50 dollar for charity. No you dont have to, but if you did May Allah bless you. even a dollar that's ok.

This is what Prophet SAW said in a hadith
Abu Mas`ud `Uqbah bin `Amr Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Ayah enjoining Sadaqah (charity) was revealed,* we used to carry loads on our backs to earn something that we could give away in charity. One person presented a considerable amount for charity and the hypocrites said: "He has done it to show off.'' Another one gave away a few Sa` of dates and they said: "Allah does not stand in need of this person's dates". Thereupon, it was revealed:

"Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allah's Cause) voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity (in Allah's Cause) except what is available to them...'' (9:79)
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

* This is the A°yah in which Allah says! "Take Sadaqah (alms) from their wealth in order to purify them and sanctify them with it, and suppliate Allah for them...'' (9:103)

Commentary: This Hadith shows that everyone can give charitable donation according to one's means. It can be more or less as one likes. To regard those as showy and criticize those who pay less to withhold them from alms amounts to hypocrisy. Believers must ignore such criticism of the hypocrites and refrain from such things in their dealings. "

Hence, it doesnt matter whether it's a dollar or even few cents.

let say in facebook there is 20million people, if everyone donated 1 dollar that would sum up to 20million dollar, isnt it?



To end this let us reflect what The prophet SAW said in a hadith.


Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Hasten to do good deeds before you are overtaken by one of the seven afflictions.'' Then (giving a warning) he said, "Are you waiting for such poverty which will make you unmindful of devotion; or prosperity which will make you corrupt, or disease as will disable you, or such senility as will make you mentally unstable, or sudden death, or Ad-Dajjal who is the worst expected absent, or the Hour, and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter".
[At-Tirmidhi].

Commentary: The purpose of this Hadith is that before overcoming of the obstructions, one should do one's best to improve his Hereafter by means of good deeds lest one is deprived of good deeds by some obstruction.

Ps- give to charity whenever you still have the penny.