[26] Feeding the poor عنه...

[26] Feeding the poor عنه، عن جعفر بن محمد الاشعري، عن ابن القداح، عن أبى عبد الله (ع) قال: من أطعم مسلما حتى يشبعه لم يدر أحد من خلق الله ماله من الاجر في الآخرة، لا ملك مقرب ولا نبى مرسل إلا الله رب العالمين From him, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qadah, from Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘The one who feeds a Muslim until he satiates him, none from the creatures of Allah -azwj would (be able to) comprehend what Recompense there is for him in the Hereafter, neither do the Angels of Proximity, nor Mursil Prophets -as , only the Lord -azwj of the Worlds (Knows)’.

ثم قال: من موجبات الجنة والمغفرة إطعام الطعام السغبان، ثم تلا قول الله عزوجل: ” أو إطعام في يوم ذى مسغبة، يتيما ذا مقربة، أو مسكينا ذا متربة، ثم كان من الذين آمنوا Then he -asws said: ‘From the Obligations (for achieving) the Paradise and the Forgiveness is feeding of the food to the hungry’.

Then he -asws recited the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Or feeding during a day of starvation [90:14] (To) an orphan, possessing relationship [90:15] Or a poor one man with destitution [90:16] , then he would be from those who believe’’.

So he -asws said: ‘Give charity on his behalf’. Then he -asws said when I was about to arise, ‘Instruct the child so let him give the charity with his own hands, with the bread, and the handful (of foodstuff), and the thing, be it little, for everything by which Allah -azwj is intended even though it may be little after the sincerity of the intention in it, is great.