Our class recently made sadaqa (charity) jars, in hopes to instill a positive habit of donating to charity regularly. We talked about the rewards and benefits of sadaqa, and some of the different forms it can take (smiles, clothes, time, money, etc). I couldn't find too much information from Shia sources online, but I did use some hadith from A Bundle of Flowers and also some that I was made aware of by a local scholar:
http://www.al-islam.org/flowers/
"Sadaqa will repel calamities" -Holy Prophet (PBUH)
"Sadaqa will prolong your life" -Imam Ali (AS)
"Sadaqa will save you from diseases, such as being stingy, arrogant, and other bad habits" -Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS)
"Sadaqa will bring peace among the people" -Holy Prophet (PBUH)
To make the sadaqa jars, we used empty plastic honey bottles, which I had previously cut a hole on the top of. I taped the jar shut, so that the only opening was where the money would go through. The students took tissue paper and used a paintbrush with the glue and water mixture to stick the paper to the jar. The next day, when it dried, they wrote "sadaqa" on it with a marker, and then painted over the paper with clear, glittery paint. I had prepared a little tag with a hadith on it before hand, which we tied to the jar. Of course, there are many ways to make the same type of thing, using different materials.
http://www.al-islam.org/flowers/
"Sadaqa will repel calamities" -Holy Prophet (PBUH)
"Sadaqa will prolong your life" -Imam Ali (AS)
"Sadaqa will save you from diseases, such as being stingy, arrogant, and other bad habits" -Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS)
"Sadaqa will bring peace among the people" -Holy Prophet (PBUH)
To make the sadaqa jars, we used empty plastic honey bottles, which I had previously cut a hole on the top of. I taped the jar shut, so that the only opening was where the money would go through. The students took tissue paper and used a paintbrush with the glue and water mixture to stick the paper to the jar. The next day, when it dried, they wrote "sadaqa" on it with a marker, and then painted over the paper with clear, glittery paint. I had prepared a little tag with a hadith on it before hand, which we tied to the jar. Of course, there are many ways to make the same type of thing, using different materials.
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