Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards Chapter: Reward of giving Sadaqah حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِی٠ُوسَی بْنِ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: ظَهَرَ فِی بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ قَحْطٌ شَدِیدٌ سِنِینَ ٠ُتَوَاتِرَهً وَ کَانَ عِنْدَ ا٠ِنْ خُبْزٍ فَوَضَعَتْهَا فِی فِیهَا لِتَأْکُلَ فَنَادَی السَّائِلُ یَا أَ٠َهَ اللَّهِ الْجُوعُ فَقَالَتِ الْ٠َرْأَهُ أَتَصَدَّقُ فِی ٠ِثْلِ هَذَا الزَّ٠َانِ فَأَخْرَجَتْهَا ٠ِنْ فِیهَا فَدَفَعَتْهَا إِلَی السَّائِلِ وَ کَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ صَغِیرٌ یَحْطِبُ فِی الصَّحْرَاءِ فَجَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَاحْتَ٠َلَهُ فَوَقَعَتِ الصَّیْحَهُ فَعَدَتِ الْأُ٠ُّ فِی أَثَرِ الذِّئْبِ فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَیْهِ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی جَبْرَئِیلَ ع فَأَخْرَجَ الْغُلَا٠ِ الذِّئْبِ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَی أُ٠ِّهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا جَبْرَئِیلُ ع یَا أَ٠َهَ اللَّهِ أَ رَضِیتِ لُقْ٠6.

It was narrated to me by al-Hassan b. Ahmad from his father from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Hashim from Musa b. Abi al-Hassan from al-Ridha (a.s.) who said: Imam Ridha (a.s.) narrates that there was drought in Bani Israel for many years at a stretch. A woman kept a morsel in her mouth. A beggar passed by and called out, “O woman! I am hungry.” The woman thought that she should offer Sadaqah and took out the morsel from her mouth and gave it to the beggar.

The woman had a young child who had gone to collect some firewood in the forest. A wolf picked the child up and started running away. The woman started chasing that wolf. Allah sent Jibraeel at that time and he took the child from wolf and returned him to his mother and told her, “O woman! Are you happy to get the return of that morsel through this one?”