Abu Sa'id reported God’s messenger as saying,
“If any Muslim clothes a Muslim when he is naked, God will clothe him with some of the green garments of paradise; if any Muslim feeds a Muslim when he is hungry, God will feed him with some of the fruits of paradise; and if any Muslim gives a Muslim drink when he is thirsty, God will give him some of the pure wine which is sealed* to drink.”
Sa‘d b. ‘Ubada told God’s messenger that Umm Sa'd had died and asked him what form of sadaqa was best. When he replied that water was best, he dug a well and said it was for Umm Sa'd.
Fatima daughter of Qais reported God’s messenger as saying,
“There is something due on property apart from zakat.”*
He then recited, “It is not piety that you should turn your faces to the east and west. . .”**
Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
* This is said to include such acts as generosity to a beggar, readiness to lend money or goods to one who asks, and ordinary hospitality.
** Quran 2:177.
Abu Dharr reported God’s messenger as saying,
“When you smile in your brother’s face, or enjoin what is reputable, or forbid what is objectionable, or direct someone who has lost his way, or help a man who has bad eyesight, or remove stones, thorns and bones from the road, or pour water from your bucket into your brother’s, it counts to you as sadaqa.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
