سورة البقرة

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): ثُمَّ لا یُتْبِعُونَ ما أَنْفَقُوا مَنًّا وَ لا أَذیً [Then do not follow up what they have spent with reproach or injury] was revealed concerning Ali (peace be upon him).

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever does a good turn to a believer and then hurts him with his tongue or reminds him of his favour, his charity is annulled. Then he gave a parable and said: Like one who spends his wealth to show off to people and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day, [his deed] is like a piece of stone upon which is [a thin layer of] soil [and seeds are sown in it], and then heavy rain falls upon it [and washes away all the soil and seeds], and leaves it bare [and empty of soil and seeds]. They gain nothing from what they have earned, and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people. (Baqara/264) And he said: Whoever reminds much of his favour and causes injury, his charity is annulled, just as the soil upon the "safwan" is destroyed. "Safwan" is that large rock which is in the desert; the rain comes and washes off the soil that is upon it and carries it away. Allah gave this parable for those who perform a good deed but afterwards remind of their favour and cause injury.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): O Ummah! Allah has deemed twenty-four traits disliked for you and has forbidden you from them — until the Prophet said: Allah dislikes reminding [the recipient] of one's favour after giving charity.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Allah will not speak to three groups [on the Day of Judgement]: the one who, whenever he gives anything, reminds [the recipient] of his favour; the one who walks with arrogance and pride, dragging his garment [on the ground]; and the one who promotes his goods and business by false swearing.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): [Allah] has deemed six traits impermissible for me, and He does not deem them permissible for my successors from among my children, nor for their followers: play during prayer (treating prayer lightly); sexual intercourse while fasting; reminding [the recipient] of one's favour after giving charity; entering the mosque in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity); creating luxury and ostentation in one's life; and laughing among the graves (in the graveyard).

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Allah multiplies [the reward] for whomever He wills — for whoever spends his wealth seeking Allah's pleasure. Whoever spends his wealth seeking Allah's pleasure and then reminds the one to whom he gave charity of his favour, he will be an example of this saying of Allah: أَ یَوَدُّ أَحَدُکُمْ أَنْ تَکُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخِیلٍ وَ أَعْنابٍ تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ لَهُ فِیها مِنْ کُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ وَ أَصابَهُ الْکِبَرُ وَ لَهُ ذُرِّیَّةٌ ضُعَفاءُ فَأَصابَها إِعْصارٌ فِیهِ نارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ [Would any of you like to have a garden of date palms and grapevines beneath which rivers flow, in which he has every kind of fruit, while old age has overtaken him and he has [small and] weak children — [and at that moment] a whirlwind containing fire strikes it and it is set ablaze and burns? [Such is the state of those who nullify their charity through ostentation, reminding of favours, and injury.]] (Baqara/266). He (peace be upon him) said: what is meant by 'al-i'sar' is the winds; so whoever reminds the one to whom he gave charity of his favour is like a person who had a garden full of fruits — while he himself is an aged and weak man with weak children — and suddenly a wind or a fire comes and burns all his property.