وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًۭا وَيَتِيمًۭا وَأَسِيرًا
Wa yut''imoonat ta'aama 'alaa hubbihee miskeenanw wa yatemanw wa aseeraa
And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,
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76:8Ayah 131
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And they give food despite their love of it that is to say despite their love of food and their craving for it to the needy the poor and the orphan who does not have a father and the prisoner meaning the one who has been rightly imprisoned.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Give food to the hungry, pay a visit to the sick and release (set free) the one in
captivity (by paying his ransom).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captive. Sufyan said: al-'ani means captive.
That a man from the Ansar had a guest spend the night with him, but he did not have anything to eat but his meal and the meal for his children, so he said to his wife: ‘Put the children to sleep, extinguish the torches, and give me whatever you have with you for the guest.’ So this Ayah was revealed: And they give preference over themselves even though they were in need of that.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Free the captives, feed the hungry and pay a visit to the sick."
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