I said to the old lady: “Do you recognize me?

I said to the old lady: “Do you recognize me?” When she replied in the negative, I said: “I am Hatim Tai.

You must come with me to my tribe so that I can entertain you and shower you with gifts and presents!” The old lady said: اِنَّا لاَ نَطلُبُ عَلىَ الضَّيفِ جَزاَءً “Neither do we seek any reward from our guests nor do we sell bread for money, and she refused to accept anything from me.” Witnessing this generosity, I realized that they were far more generous and munificent than me.[^4] Allah Loves Generosity Once, a group of people from Yemen arrived in the presence of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w).

Amongst them was a person who, despite being eloquent in speech, spoke with the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) more harshly and discourteously than the rest, such that eventually the Prophet became enraged - the vein of his forehead swelling up and the colour of his face transforming.

As the Imam (a.s) took them, he declared: “By Allah! I shall surely give this amount in charity in a manner such that it shall be accepted by Allah.” Later, Imam ‘Ali (a.s) narrates: “That night, after having offered the 'Isha prayer, I picked up one hundred gold coins and came out of the mosque. As I did so, I happened to encounter a woman and so handed over the money to her.