Say, "My prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for God, the Lord

of the worlds; [al An'am 6:162]

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"Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old;and your health, before you fall sick; and your richness, before you become poor; and your freetime before you become busy; and your life, before your death." [Tirmidhi] - The Prophet sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam once asked his companions, "Who amongst you loves his inheritors' money more than his own money?"The Sahabah said, "Yaa RasulAllah, all of us love our own money more than we love themoney of our inheritors. We all love our own money. We guard it and protect it more than the money of our inheritors.Then the Prophet salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Verily, the money that you spend incharity is your money, and the money that you leave behind is the money of your inheritors."

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers." [Saba 34:39]

Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.

Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it. [al i Imran 3:92]

During the time of the Prophet , there was a young orphan who was getting a wall built from the edge of his house to his neighbours but there was a palm tree that was causing a halt to the construction. The wall could not be continued unless the tree was either removed or added to the childs house. This tree belonged to the companion named Abi Lubabah . The young boy (the orphan) came to Abi Lubabah and told him, Give me that tree so I could construct the wall. Abi Lubabah replied, No, it is mine. The boy then said, Then sell it to me! Abi Lubabah refused once again. The boy said, By Allah, I am going to complain to Prophet of Allah! He went and told what exactly had happened with him. Prophet softly said, Where is Abu Lubabah? Call Abu Lubabah! He then said to Abu Lubabah , Give him the tree Abu Lubabah said, No, O Prophet of Allah, it is my haqq. Prophet said, O Abu Lubabah, sell it to him. He replied, No, O Prophet of Allah its mine. Hearing this, tears started flowing from the eyes of the young boy. Prophet then said, O Abu Lubabah, give him a branch from this tree and you will have a tree in Jannah Abu Lubabah said, I dont want it, and the left. When Abu Dahdah heard this and saw the boy crying, he went close to the Prophet and said, If I purchase the same tree, will I get the same offer? Prophet replied, Yes Then Abu Dahdah ran after Abu Lubabah and said, O Abu Lubabah, do you my orchard? (His house was in the orchard and some scholars said it had 400 trees whilst others said it had 600) It is yours for that tree! Abu Lubabah turned around and said, Are you out of your mind? Aba Dahdah replied, No, it is yours and O people be witness! Then he went where Prophet and the boy were and said to him, O boy, that tree is yours! Abu Dahdah then went to his old orchard and called out from outside, O Umm Dahdah! She replied, Yes, O Abu Dahdah! He said, Come out of the orchard She asked, Why? He said, We have sold it to Allah and His Messenger! She said, What a successful deal! Then Umm Dahdah got their children out of the orchard. They were carrying some dates, she got hold of their hands, opened them and threw the dates back into the orchard and said, They are for Allah my child. And thus, Abu Dahdah sold off his 400 trees plus his home for a tree in Jannah. - MENTION GRAVES AND KIDS QUESTIONS...tie in with surah Takaathur.

- Hadith Qudsi "O son of Adam, spend and I will spend on you"