[truly pious are] they who keep their promises whenever they promise, and are patient in misfortune and hardship and in time of peril: it is they that have proved themselves true, and it is they, they who are conscious of Allah. [Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), 2:177]
10. Verily, those who have attained to faith and do good works, and are constant in prayer, and dispense charity - they shall have their reward with their Sustainer, and no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve. [Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), 2:277]
11. But as for those from among them who are deeply rooted in knowledge, and the believers who believe in that which has been bestowed upon thee
from on high as well as that which was bestowed from on high before thee, and those who are [especially] constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and all who believe in Allah and the Last Day - these it is unto whom We shall grant a mighty reward. [Surah Al-Nisa’ (The Women), 4:162]
12. Behold, your only helper shall be Allah, and His Apostle, and those who have attained to faith - those that are constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and bow down [before Allah]: [Surah Al-Ma’idah (The Repast), 5:55]
13. AND THEY should not think - they who niggardly cling to all that Allah has granted them out of His bounty - that this is good for them: nay, it is bad for them. That to which they [so] niggardly cling 18
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will, on the Day of Resurrection, be hung about their necks: for unto Allah [alone] belongs the heritage of the heavens and of the earth; and Allah is aware of all that you do. [Surah Al-Imran (The Family of Imran), 3:180]
14. O you who have attained to faith! Behold, many of the rabbis and monks do indeed wrongfully devour men’s possessions and turn [others] away from the path of Allah. But as for all who lay up treasures of gold and silver and do not spend them for the sake of Allah - give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come]: on the Day when that [hoarded wealth] shall be heated in the fire of hell and their foreheads and their sides and their backs branded therewith, [those sinners shall be told:] “These are
the treasures which you have laid up for yourselves! Taste, then, [the evil of] your hoarded treasures!” [Surah Al-Taubah (The Repentance ), 9:34-35]
15. The offerings given for the sake of Allah are [meant] only for the poor and the needy, and those who are in charge thereof, and those whose hearts are to be won over, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage, and [for] those who are over burdened with debts, and [for every struggle] in Allah’s cause, and [for] the wayfarer: [this is] an ordinance from Allah - and Allah is all-knowing, wise. [Surah Al-Taubah (The Repentance ), 9:60]
16. Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of Allah, and believes in the truth of the ultimate good - for him shall We make easy the path