he heard this saying: Whatever was under your control, you did and I am        ‘اَرْحَـمُ الرَّاحِمِیْن’; I have forgiven you, your slave, Mansoor, and all the attendees.

(Raud-ur-Riyaheen, pp. 222)

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed how great blessings a person gains by spending wealth in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! That slave gave only four dirhams in Sadaqah, but in return Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed him with 4000 dirhams through his master and he was also freed from slavery. Further, by virtue of the blessings of the Sadaqah, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forgave the slave and his master along with many other people. Certainly, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ gives double reward or more than this to the one who gives Sadaqah sincerely in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, therefore, we should also from time to time, give Sadaqah in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ as per our financial ability اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ we will get countless Hereafter and worldly blessings of it. The importance and excellence of giving Sadaqah and charity can also be judged by the fact that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has Himself commanded us in the Holy Quran to give Sadaqah and praised those who give Sadaqah and charity at many places in the Glorious Quran. In the opening Ayahs of Surah Al-Baqarah good news of guidance has been given to those who give Sadaqah and charity:

هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِیْنَۙ(۲) الَّذِیْنَ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْغَیْبِ وَ یُقِیْمُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ یُنْفِقُوْنَۙ(۳)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Those who believe without seeing (the hidden), and establish the (obligatory) prayer, and spend in Our path from what We have provided them. (Part 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 2, 3)

About this part, ‘وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ یُنْفِقُوْنَۙ’, ‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Sayyid Muhammad Na’eemuddin Muradabadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Spending in the path               of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ means either ‘giving Zakah’ as  at another place, it is stated, ‘یُقِیْمُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَ یُؤْتُوْنَ الزَّكٰوةَ’ or means ‘spending  unconditionally in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ whether it is obligatory and Wajib act such as Zakah, Nazr, your