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اَلصَّدَقَةُ تَمۡنَعُ سَبۡعِيۡنَ نَوۡعًا مِّنۡ اَ نۡوَاعِ الۡبَلَآءِ اَهۡوَنُهَا الۡجُذَامُ وَالۡبَرَصُ
i.e., Sadaqah prevents seventy types of calamities, the least calamity of which is the decaying of the body (i.e., leprosy) and white spots. (Tareekh Baghdad, vol. 8, pp. 204)
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Sadaqah averts calamities indeed. Listen to a faith-refreshing parable in this context. Sayyiduna Imam ‘Abdullah Bin As’ad Yaafi’i عَـلَیۡهِ رَحۡـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـکَافِی has reported in the book Raud-ur-Riyaheen: There was a woman who gave food to a needy person (Miskeen) for the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Accompanied by her son, she then headed towards the field to give food to her husband. On the way, a beast attacked the child and was about to swallow him when suddenly a hand appeared from the Ghayb (the unseen) and hit the beast very hard, rescuing the child. Then a voice from Ghayb was heard, ‘O virtuous woman! Take your child with you safe and sound! We have bestowed upon you a morsel in exchange for a morsel’ (i.e., you provided a poor person with a morsel, so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ protected your child from becoming the morsel of the beast). (Raud-ur-Riyaheen, pp. 274) May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on them and forgive us without accountability for their sake!
اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم
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