Looking Away from Tzedakah:

Rav Shmuel of Kaminka zy"a once traveled away from home to raise money. When he came back, his daughter thought that he must have brought some money home and that they would be able to pay their debts. However, when their creditors came to collect the money they were owed, Rav Shmuel said that he had nothing to give them.

His daughter understood that he had given away all the money he raised and hadn't kept a penny for himself. She began to cry but her father told her, "My daughter, if you had heard that your father had given up his religion and converted in Berditchov, would that make you happy?"

She answered, “Of course not!"

"If so," he said, "why are you crying? Chazal say (Kesuvos 68A) that one who turns away from giving tzedakah to the poor is akin to one who serves avodah zara. So how could I not give away all the money I had to tzedakah?"

נָתוֹן תִתֵּן לוֹ וְלֹא יִרַע לְבָבְךָ בְּתִתְךָ לִוֹ כִּי בְּגְלַל הַדָּבָר הַזֶה יְבָרֶכְךָ ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ בְּכָל מַעֲשֶׂךְ וגו' (טו, י)

You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be bad when you give to him as Hashem your G-d will bless you because of this thing. (15:10)