Buhaisa quoted her father as saying that he asked God’s messenger what was the thing which it is unlawful to refuse and was told that it was water.
He repeated the question to God’s Prophet and was told that it was salt.
When he asked God’s Prophet a third time he received the reply, “To do good is better for you.”
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.
Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying,
“If anyone cultivates waste land he will have a reward for it, and what any creature seeking food* eats of it will count as sadaqa to him.”
Nasa’i and Darimi transmitted it.
* This includes man, beast and bird. The word is 'afiya.
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.”
