Treat your illnesses by giving sadaqah (charity). al-Hasan al-Basri

Allah ( ) says:

"And whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's Cause), He will replace it.''(34:39)

You can never lose by giving charity. Allah subhanawa ta'ala says when you help others Allah will help you, so when giving money to poor Allah pays you back, not just in money as blessings come in all forms. Happiness is more important than wealth, often you would find the most wealthiest people depressed. Material goods can not fulfil the essence of who we are as people. For some wealth can be more of a test than blessing. People associate giving charity with helping others but really it is helps us too. It can help one detach from worldly affairs, it humbles someone to reflect on the blessings bestowed upon them. The only thing staying with us in our graves is our deeds and they will be our source of comfort. Sadaqah jaariyah is a way to continue getting deeds past death, some examples are building a well, a mosque, a school, sponsoring an orphan, teaching someone Quran. Even an act as simple as giving someone a Quran, is sadaqah jariyah and we should strive to do more.

"They ask you (O Muhammad) what they should spend in charity. Say: Whatever you spend with a good heart, give it to parents, relatives, orphans, the helpless, and travellers in need. Whatever good you do, God is aware of it." - The Holy Quran, 2:215

Extract from The Best Transaction by Nouman Ali Khan:

Human beings by nature we love immediate transactions, e.g. pay for something now then receive it immediately. The only time we like to delay transaction is why we want to receive now but pay 6 months later. As humans we like to pay late but receive immediately, its in our nature.

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. (9:111)

In this ayah, Allah says if you give me money, you give me your life and I will give you jannah (paradise). This is something we would like to receive immediately, but jannah will come later and the payments have to be made to Allah (swt) now. These payments must be continuously made with your time, possessions, and the way you live/dress/talk. The things you want to do but cant do because theyre haram, with the money you cant earn because its not the permissible way of earning money, the money you want to spend but its not the right way to spend money, and youre constantly holding yourself back because you are in a transaction with Allah (swt). Every time you hold yourself back, you have to remind yourself of what youre doing this in exchange for. However, human nature is that if you are paying a price to earn something, youd like to see it. All we get is a verbal confirmation from Allah (swt). He says Ill give you jannah when there is dirt being poured on your face, but you have to work for it now. Thats what it means to believe and trust Allah (swt). Its easier said than done. The disobedience to Allah (swt) is the opposite. Shaitan (satan) says Ive got some amazing worldly pleasures for you available right now, with a click of a button. You might get in trouble later but for now youre fine...at least for the next 20, 30 years. He comes and offers immediate rewards and no payments, which is tempting but not a good deal. We are impulsive buyers, when a juicy product comes in front of us; we just put it in the cart. We cant hold ourselves.

And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction, which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment (9:111)

Allah (swt) is saying feel congratulated over the sale you just made, the sale of giving yourself and your money up in exchange for jannah. Feel congratulated, everyone around you will say youre a fool and youre missing out on life. The only one to congratulate you is not going to be your friends; its not even going to be your family sometimes. The only one to congratulate you will be Allah (swt).

Yet the irony is that what Allah (swt) has blessed us with for free is greater than any infinite sum of money. A person would give up everything for their mother. A person would give up everything for the gift of sight. A person must appreciate their blessings before they are taken away, one of the best ways to show appreciation is to give.