Ibn Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying,
“If anyone gives liberally to his family on the day of ‘Ashura, God will be liberal to him the rest of the year.”
Sufyan said he had tested it and found it to be so.
Razin transmitted it, and Baihaqi in Shu’ab al-iman transmitted it from , Abu Huraira, Abu Sa'id andjabir, but declared it to be weak.
Marthad b. ‘Abdallah said one of the companions of God’s messenger told him that he had heard him say,
“The believer's shade on the day of resurrection will be his sadaqa.”
Abu Umama told of Abu Dharr asking God’s Prophet to tell him what the reward for sadaqa would be, and receiving the reply,
“Many times as much, and more still with God.”
Abu Dharr reported God's messenger as saying,
“No Muslim will contribute a pair from every class of property he possesses to be devoted to God’s path without all the guards of paradise meeting him and summoning him to receive what they have.”
Abu Dharr asked him what the nature of that would be, and he replied, “If they are camels there will be two, and if they are cows there will be two.”
