Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Zakat
10- بَابُ اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ:
(10) Chapter. “Protect yourself from Hell-fire even with a half date, or with the little object of charity.”
4 hadith · references 1415–1418
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Bukhari · 1415لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ كُنَّا نُحَامِلُ ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِشَيْءٍ كَثِيرٍ ، فَقَالُوا : مُرَائِي ، وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِصَاعٍ ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَاعِ هَذَا , فَنَزَWhen the verses of charity were revealed, we used to work as porters. A man came and distributed objects of charity in abundance. And they (the people) said, "He is showing off." And another man came and gave a Sa (a sma6 narratorsBukhari · 1416كَان رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ ، وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of pov5 narratorsBukhari · 1417اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity."5 narratorsBukhari · 1418دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُ ، فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا ، فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ ، فَدَخَA lady along with her two daughters came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and did not eat anything herself, and7 narrators