Infaq means almsgiving or bestowing a part of one’s assets to those in need.
“Berr” is a Quranic word that refers to righteousness. It is also a great position that has been promised to those who conduct good deeds. According to some narrations, the position is sometimes described as that of the most deserving humans before God; Ahl al-Bayt (SA) are in this group.
The question is who is deserved to enjoy this position? “You can never have extended virtue and righteousness unless you spend part of what you dearly love for the cause of God. God knows very well whatever you spend for His cause.” (Surah Al Imran, verse 92)
According to this verse, one of the conditions for obtaining the position of the righteous is to give and bestow part of the property that one loves.
Allameh Tabatabai, a contemporary commentator of the Holy Quran, believed that man loves to accumulate wealth as if this is part of his/her life; this love is to an extent that if he/she loses part of the wealth they feel that part of their life has been ruined. This signifies the importance of infaq from what one truly loves which leads to arriving at the position of “Berr”.
Meanwhile, Quran interpreter Mohsen Qara’ati refers to 13 points about this verse:
By Hossein Allahverdi