وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
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Charity
74:44Ayah 156
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Nor did we ever feed the needy.
Related Hadiths
We did not eat our fill except after we had conquered Khaibar.
As above with the addition: We never had an afternoon nap nor meals except after offering the Jumua
prayer.
We used to give one Sa' of barley as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (per head).
" We could not afford to eat to the fill even dates and water."
I used to accompany Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to fill my stomach; and that was when I did not eat baked bread,
nor wear silk. Neither a male nor a female slave used to serve me, and I used to bind stones over my
belly and ask somebody to recite a Qur'anic Verse for me though I knew it, so that he might take me
to his house and feed me. Ja`far bin Abi Talib was very kind to the poor, and he used to take us and
feed us with what ever was available in his house, (and if nothing was available), he used to give us
the empty (honey or butter) skin which we would tear and lick whatever was in it.
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