Is it permissible to retract a pledge to allocate 20% of one's income to charity after it has become burdensome, and does the saying of Allah Almighty, "And among them are those who made a covenant with Allah, [saying], 'If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous.' But when He gave them from His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away while they were refusing," apply to one who retracts?
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Giving charity for good causes is desirable, and Allah will compensate the one who spends [in His way]. It is commendable for a Muslim to maintain the acts of obedience they have become accustomed to, and it is disliked to discontinue them, even if they are not obligatory. If the amount is given as a voluntary act, then it is permissible to withdraw from donating it, and there is no sin in that.
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