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A Question Comparing Sadqa And Salah
Hello my question is that if a person (not a child) who prays namaz only for Allah’s pleasure with khushu and khuzu. and an elder noticed him that he is praying namaz so nice and the person didn’t know the elderly was noticing him. after the namaz the elder walks up to him and puts money in his pocket and says “keep this, this is a gift for you as you prayed namaz with a good khushu”. @Irfan76 sir said that this boy if he accepts this money then it’s neither Riya nor Shirk, because at no stage did he tried himself to use his namaz as a means of getting money, nor does this accepting of money render his namaz invalid.
But when we hear that if you do an act of sadaqah like helping someone lift heavy boxes, intending pleasure of Allah, then if the person himself offers you money in return for service even then the money should not be accepted, if it is accepted then that act with lose is value of sadaqah in principle (I’m not talking about a person still receiving rewards even after accepting money, because of his intention). then why is it said that in principle the thing has is no more sadaqah? is it because of the fact that in sadaqah a person sacrificing something as a net (energy, time, money), in order to cause some other person a net benefit of anything (ease or money, or time saving etc). this thing in principle makes act of service an act of sadaqah.
but if he accepts this money, he reverses both these things. because when he receives money for his service then he did not cause any net benefit to the person benefited. whatever he gave, he took it back in compensation the moment he accepted money. even if he did not demanded it himself but was presented by the other person. am I right? is this the difference that makes people say that the act is not a sadaqah in principle.
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A Question Comparing Sadqa And Salah
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The same principle is applied to the second example. The person if he receives money for his charity work, it does not nullify his good deed.
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@Irfan76 I understand sir that it doesn’t nullify his good deed after all, because of his good intentions. but would it be then stated as a “Sadaqah” in Islamic terms? if it was not a service etc and if it was some item of food etc that was given as a “sadaqah/khairaat” if he when received the money for it from same party given food, then because both net results of sacrifice and benefit are reversed, maybe that’s why people say that it will lose its status as khairaat/sadaqah, still the person may receive rewards from Allah for his niyat
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no such mathematics is done by God. A charity is a charity. an unexpected benefit is not haram to take. however, a person may want to attain a higher status of piety, he may not like to accept it. that is better, but it is better, not the only choice.
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