1. 4 Is Sadaqah a Substitute for Ruqyah or a Doctor? If you are a family member of someone seriously ill and you are reading this article, let us begin with the very thing you most need to hear first — in cle
2. 5 Your Wealth Is an Trust from Allah In the previous four parts of this series, we discussed several complex and subtle topics — the chain-of-narration debate over one particular hadith, the c
3. 6 6 steps for sadaqah to have a deep impact In the earlier articles of our series we saw that sadaqah is a proven Shar'i means of removing illness and hardship, but it is not a substitute for the doc
4. 7 Patience Even After Giving Sadaqah: The Wisdom Behind Delayed Results In the earlier parts of this series we saw that there is no doubt about the virtue of sadaqah, but that the hadith "Treat your sick with sadaqah" is a matt
5. 8 Two Historically Recognised Accounts: Al-Hakim Abu Abdullah and Ibn al-Mubarak In the research phase of this series, an attempt was made to independently verify, one by one, each of the 18 real-life accounts in the book «من عجائب العل
6. 9 Three Accounts, One Narrator: Shaykh Sulaiman Al-Mufarrij Of the eighteen accounts in the book «من عجائب العلاج بالصدقة» (Remarkable Accounts of Healing through Charity), most are entirely anonymous — no name, no
7. 10 Sadaqah in a Child's Life-Threatening Crisis: The Story of the Imam of Aleppo Among the eighteen stories in the book «من عجائب العلاج بالصدقة», this story — the eighteenth and last — is the most detailed, the most emotional, and the
8. 11 The Remaining Nine (Actually Twelve) Accounts: Why They Could Not Be Verified, and Why They Still Matter The book «من عجائب العلاج بالصدقة» (Amazing Accounts of Healing Through Sadaqah) compiles a total of eighteen real-life accounts. In the research phase of
9. 12 Sadaqah, the Evil Eye and Sihr: Where to Draw the Line The main book of this series contains some incidents in which there are hints of the evil eye (nazar lagā) or sihr (magic) behind an illness. In one incide
10. 13 What Is Being Said About This Hadith in the Arabic, Urdu, Persian and Your Own Language Worlds When a hadith spreads across many languages, a false impression can easily form — "Since it is being said everywhere, surely it is universally accepted." I
11. 14 Does Sadaqah Really Increase Wealth? Barakah versus Istidraj Many of you will have heard a familiar saying — "Give sadaqah and you will get ten times back." Some people use it almost like a financial formula — as if