#1 From the merits of feeding the food to the needy and the po | Ilm4all

#1 From the merits of feeding the food to the needy and the poor

It is from the characteristics of the Abraar (righteous, those who fear Allaah):

{إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا؛ عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا؛ يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا؛ وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا؛ إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا؛ إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِنْ رَبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا؛ فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا؛ وَجَزَاهُمْ بِمَا صَبَرُوا جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًا}

{Verily, the Abraar (pious, who fear Allah and avoid evil), shall drink a cup (of wine) mixed with water from a spring in Paradise called Kaafoor. A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allaah will drink, causing it to gush forth abundantly. They (are those who) fulfill (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil will be wide-spreading. AND THEY GIVE FOOD, IN SPITE OF THEIR LOVE FOR IT (OR FOR THE LOVE OF HIM), TO MISKEEN (POOR), THE ORPHAN, AND THE CAPTIVE, (SAYING): “WE FEED YOU SEEKING ALLAAH’S COUNTENANCE ONLY. WE WISH FOR NO REWARD, NOR THANKS FROM YOU. VERILY, WE FEAR FROM OUR LORD A DAY, HARD AND DISTRESSFUL, THAT WILL MAKE THE FACES LOOK HORRIBLE (FROM EXTREME DISLIKE TO IT).” So Allaah saved them from the evil of that Day, and gave them Nadratan (a light of beauty) and joy. And their recompense shall be Paradise, and silken garments, because they were patient.}
[Surah al-Insaan (76): 5-11]