Islamic Charity Story: Charity even in the state of grief

It has been related by Allamah Seyyid Muhammed Al Husseini Al Milaani,
that Seyyid Abdullah Al Shiraazi once told him that a young scholar in
the city of Najaf once came to the great Marja Seyyid Abil Hassan Al
Isfahani, and asked him to give him some money as a help to get
married.
The great Marja promised to help him the next day. Now it so happened
that within that day the great Marja's son was assassinated while
praying behind his father in the congregational prayer. This incident
is famous and well known in Najaf.
The following day during the burial ceremony, the great Marja was seen
to be looking around as if searching for someone. His followers
thought that he was mentally disturbed since it was an odd behavior
portrayed by the Marja as it was a time of poignant sadness for the
Seyyid at the sad demise of his son.
As he kept looking around they saw him calling somebody, and found a
young man approaching the Marja and they then saw the Marja give a bag
of gold coins to the young man as he had promised to do so, and did
not forget this even though he was surrounded with grief.

Muslim Charity: Help according to your capability

Sheikh Abdul Azeem Al Muhtadi Al Bahrani in his book 'Qasas wal
Khawatir' relates that a beloved friend of his came to him in need of
some money. Although the Sheikh didn't have anything to give this
friend, yet he asked the friend to meet him at a certain venue so that
he would give away the little he possessed, thinking of the saying
that if you can't give everything you can give a little.
As the Sheikh waited for this friend, he came across a verse of Noble
Qur'an which says that a person should give charity according to his
means, "Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and
whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend
out of that which Allah has given him; Allah does not lay on any soul
a burden except to the extent to which He has granted it; Allah brings
about ease after difficulty." (65:7)
The Sheikh saw that the verse was describing his position in respect
to his friend, as the Sheikh didn't have much to give to his friend
but he would help his friend according to his capability. As he took
out an envelope containing the little he had, he decided to write the
verse of Noble Qur'an on the envelope.
As he finished doing so, he found his friend coming towards him
happily and saying that he had obtained what he desired soon after the
Sheikh had promised to give him something.

Marriage Duas, - Dua before sexual intercourse

بِسْمِ اللهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ ، وَجَنِّبِ
الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْـتَنَا
Translation
In the Name of Allah. O Allah, keep the shaytaan away from us and keep
the shaytaan away from what You have blessed us with.
Note:
*The messenger of Allah said: whoever says this -du'a- and the wife
was pregnant from that night, shaytan will never be able to harm the
child.
Transliteration
bismillaah - allaahumma jannibnash-shayṭaana, wa jannibish-shayṭaana
maa razaqtanaa
Sources: Bukhari No# 141, 3271, 6388, 7396; Muslim No# 1434; Abu
Dawud No# 2161; At-Tirmidhi No# 1092

Marriage Duas, - Dua of a bridegroom on the wedding night

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا ، وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا
عَلَيْهِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا ، وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا
عَلَيْهِ
Translation
When you marry a woman, say:
"O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that
you have made her inclined towards, and I seek refuge with You from
the evil within her and the evil that you have made her inclined
towards."
Transliteration
allaahumma innee as'aluka khayrahaa, wa khayra maa jabaltahaa 'alayh,
wa a'oodhu bika min sharrihaa, wa sharri maa jabaltahaa 'alayh
Sources: Abu Dawud No# 2160; Ibn Majah No# 2252