Sakha'

Generosity: giving easily, before being asked, without making the receiver pay in dignity.

Also written · Sakha · Sakhaa · Sakhawah · Karam · Jud · Generosity · Giving · Bukhl · Bukhul · Stinginess · Miserliness · Shuhh · Greed · Being generous

The meaning

What Sakha' means in Islam

The Qur'an says whoever is protected from the greed of his own soul, those are the successful (Qur'an 59:9), and the Prophet peace be upon him was described as the most generous of people, and most generous of all in Ramadan, in Bukhari and Muslim. Scholars place sakha' between two failures: miserliness on one side, wasteful display on the other. The measure in the Sunnah is what remains with you after the giving, not the size of what was given.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

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Words that sit beside it

SadaqahVoluntary giving, of any amount and at any time, to anyone in need.صَدَقَة
ZuhdHolding the world loosely: having a thing in your hand without letting it into your heart.الزُّهْد
DunyaThe nearer life: this world, which is not condemned in itself, only when it becomes the whole aim.الدُّنْيَا
AkhlaqCharacter: the settled dispositions a person acts from before they have time to think.الأَخْلَاق