سورة البقرة

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): As has been narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), this verse was revealed concerning all types of spending [and charity and loans] and is general in nature.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), narrated from Ibn Umar: When this verse was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "O Lord! Increase [the reward for] my ummah!" So this verse was revealed: مَن ذَا الَّذِی یُقْرِضُ اللّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَیُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا کَثِیرَةً [Who is it that will lend Allah a goodly loan, so that He may multiply it for him manifold?].

Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) [in bidding farewell to the month of Ramadan]: O Allah... You are the One who, for the sake of Your servants, raised the price [and became the purchaser of their trivial deeds at a high price, because] You wished that their profit in their trade with You should increase, and that through Your bounty You might grant them salvation. So You said: "Whoever brings a good deed shall have ten times its like, and whoever brings an evil deed shall be recompensed only with its like." (al-An'am/160) Then You said: مَثَلُ الَّذِینَ یُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالَهُمْ فِی سَبِیلِ اللهِ کَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ فِی کُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ [The parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is as the parable of a grain that grows seven ears, in each ear a hundred grains], and other words like it which You revealed in the Qur'an.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal ibn Muhammad al-Ju'fi said: I asked Aba Abdillah (peace be upon him) about the word of Allah: کَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ [as the parable of a grain that grows seven ears]. He said: "What is meant by حَبَّة (the grain) is Lady Fatima (peace be upon her), and what is meant by سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ (seven ears) is seven of her children, the seventh of whom is their Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble reprieve)." I said: "Is the first of them Hasan (peace be upon him)?" He said: "Indeed Hasan (peace be upon him) is an Imam from Allah whose obedience is obligatory, but he is not among those seven ears. The first of them is Husayn (peace be upon him) and the last of them is the Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble reprieve)." Then I said [asked] about this part of the verse: فِی کُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ [in each ear a hundred grains]. He said: "In Kufa a hundred [descendants] will be born from the loins of one man among them, and this occurs only from these seven."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Allah multiplies for whom He wills — for the one who spends his wealth seeking the pleasure of Allah.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Does Allah not say: وَ اللهُ یُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ یَشاءُ [And Allah multiplies for whom He wills] and multiplies manifold? So the believers are those whose good deeds Allah multiplies seventy-fold, and this is from their excellence. And Allah increases the believer's good deeds, in proportion to the soundness of his faith, manifold upon manifold, and Allah does with the believers whatever He wills.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whenever a believer performs a good deed, Allah gives him seven hundred rewards for each act, and this is the meaning of the noble verse: وَ اللهُ یُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ یَشاءُ [And Allah multiplies for whom He pleases]. So now perform good deeds so that you may attain the reward of Allah. The narrator said: "I asked, what is meant by a good deed?" The Imam (peace be upon him) said: "Whenever you perform the prayer, perform its ruku and sujud well; whenever you fast, keep away from everything that spoils your fast; and whenever you perform the Hajj, do not do anything that harms your Hajj and Umrah." Then he said: "Every deed you do must be pure and free of any defect or shortcoming, [so that it may be an instance of a good deed]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whenever the believing servant performs a good deed, Allah increases his reward, giving him up to seven hundred times, and this is the meaning of the noble verse in which He said: وَ اللهُ یُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ یَشاءُ [And Allah multiplies for whom He pleases].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Ibn Mas'ud said: I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) say: Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then says to himself, "If life remains for me, I shall fast [again]," if he dies during that month, he enters Paradise ... Whoever performs two rak'ats of prayer in the month of Ramadan, those two rak'ats are counted for him as equal to seven hundred thousand rak'ats performed outside the month of Ramadan. For deeds are multiplied in the month of Ramadan. He was asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! By how many times are they multiplied?" The Prophet said: "Jibra'il (peace be upon him) informed me and said: Good deeds are multiplied a thousand thousand times, and each good deed of them is greater than Mount Uhud, and this is the saying of Allah: وَ اللهُ یُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ یَشاءُ [And Allah multiplies for whom He pleases]."