Reminder and harm after giving (mann and adha)

On al-Baqara 262-264, Sha'rawi treats the blight of charity: reminding and harm. He holds that both spoil the gift and void its reward, and that a kind word and forgiveness are better than charity followed by harm ^{1 3}.

He reads the word "then" in the verse as showing that reminding is forbidden at the time of giving and after it, since the giver may delay the reminder, so abstention must last ^{2 4}.

He gives the image of a smooth rock covered with earth, which the rain strips clean. So the one who gives to be seen loses what he gave ⁵.

He cites a saying about a man who fought to be called brave and was refused reward. The footnote names al-Hakim and Muslim; the chain was not checked ⁵.

This is Sha'rawi's reading of the verses. The classical exegesis of reminding and harm, the academic view and any non-Sunni view have not been checked.