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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Beauty of Charity Charity Removes Evil, Disasters, Sickness And Unfortunate Incidences! The Holy (S) has said that: “ An act of charity shields seventy dead people from ill fate ”. The Prophet (S) has also said that “ The angel of death is told to remove the soul of a person, but if during that time charity is given then the order to remove the soul is cancelled ”.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that: “ An act of charity given openly prevents seventy types of mishaps, and a secretly given charity cools the anger of our Lord Allah (S.w.T.) ”[^1]. It has been related in the same book that the Holy Prophet (S) said that: “ Allah says that when the angel of death is asked to remove the soul of a person, and if he or she gives Sadaqah, Allah orders the angel of death to stop ”.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that: “ An act of charity shields us of seventy evils of this world including an ill fated death. The one who gives charity never dies ill fatedly ”.[^2] According to Islamic beliefs, when we give charity, Allah due to his mercy changes our fate. Allah says in the Holy Qur’an that: “Allah removes what He wishes and establishes what He wishes, for He has the Mother of Books” .

(Sura ar-Ra‘ad, 13: 39) Here below are few incidences from genuine and reliable sources to prove this. Charity in the name of Imam Zaman (aj)! This is an incident witnessed by the author of this book. Once I was admitted to the hospital, and as I was lying in my ward, I saw a friend of mine bring in his son with a life threatening situation.

His son was in acute pain, and when I asked my friend he said that the nurses were taking some tests and soon his son would be taken to the operating theatre. Well, the nurse took a sample of blood, and we on the other hand started comforting the little boy who was only nine years old. As we were waiting the father of the boy put something small under the pillow of his son.

Shortly after, the doctor arrived and said that they had tested the blood and didn’t think it necessary to operate, and instead some medicine was prescribed for him. The father at once thanked the Imam of our time Al Mahdi (aj) for helping, and then revealed that he had put an amount of money as charity and asked the Imam to help, and this was the result. Disaster will not reach his garden!