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Types of charity Allaah likes most

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Assalamu Olaikum. I have folowing question ? 1.Which types of charity Allah like most,according to Quran & Hadith. 2. I pray five times a day regularly sometimes in mosques & sometime in home, but I have grown a bad habit recently, which was paused for several months, that I occasionaly visit to webiste that's containts with adult matters (nude picture, vulgar stories etc.). I hate to go these types of websites, but, I am not sure why I visit those website, how do I refrain from it,please advise. 3. I am following Hanafi Madhab, can I follow other Madhab's good things ? Which are proved to be better than Hanafi Madhab ? Allah hafez

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

The most beloved act of charity by Allaah is the obligatory charity, i.e. Zakat, which a person gives for the Sake of Allaah while fearing poverty and hoping to become rich. The evidence about this is the Qudsi narration which reads: The most beloved action to Me by which My Slave seeks to get nearer to Me is by performing the obligation which I enjoined on him.[Ahmad]. This is evidence that the obligatory charity is most beloved to Allaah than the optional charity. The other evidence is the saying of the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) when he was asked which act of charity is most rewarded, and he answered: It is to give charity while you are in a good health and poor fearing further poverty and hoping to become rich.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 90156.

Allaah Knows best.

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