Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity On the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said Every loan is a charity Narrated by Al-Tabarani It was classed as hasan by Al-Albani In a narration he said: Whoever lends a Muslim a dirham twice It was like a time for charity Al-Shawkani, may God have mercy on him, said There is evidence that one loaned something twice It takes the place of giving charity once