Spending in the way of God: seven hundred times

النفقة في سبيل الله بسبعمائة ضعف

Whoever spends in the way of God has it written for him seven hundred times over, in Khuraym ibn Fatik's narration in al-Tirmidhi, who grades it sound Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1625 — the good deed multiplied tenfold and beyond. It matches the parable of the grain in al-Baqara that grows seven ears with a hundred grains in each, after which the verse adds that God multiplies for whom He wills Qur'an 2:261: seven hundred is the written figure, and what follows it is left open.

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The reckoning of good and bad deeds

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The good deeds (al-hasanat)· The balance (al-mizan)· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Expiation (kaffara)· The Reckoning· Calling to guidance or to error: the like of the rewards and sins of those who follow· Hajj without lewdness or wrongdoing, and umra to umra

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  • Jami' al-Tirmidhi
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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