Divine reward for modest charity

232. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He who gives with his short hand is given by a long hand.

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: The meaning of this saying is that even though what a man spends in charity from his possessions may be small, yet Allāh, the Sublime, gives good reward for it. And the two hands referred to, here…