the Messenger of Allah saying: “For one of you to go out early to gather firewood and carry it on his back so that he can give charity from it and be free of need from the people, is better for him than to ask a man who may give that to him or refuse. […]
“The Messenger of Allah made Sadaqatul-Fitr of Ramadan an obligation – a Sa of dried dates or a Sa of barley – required upon every free person and slave, male and female among the Muslims.”
“During a sermon of his in the year of the Farewell Hajj, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘A woman is not to spend anything from her husbands house without her husband’s permission.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What about food?’ He said: ‘That is our most virtuous wealth.’”
the Prophet said: “When a woman gives in charity from her husband’s house, she will get the reward for it, and for her husband is the same as that, and for the trustee is the same as that. The reward of each them will not be decreased at all by the reward of the other, […]
the Messenger of Allah said: “When a woman gives from her husband’s home, with a good heart, not to spoil it, then she will get a reward similar to his, for her is the good she intended – and the same is for the trustee.”
“We would give Zakat Al-Fitr – when the Messenger of Allah was among us – as a Sa of food, or a Sa of barely, or a Sa of dried dates, or a Sa of raisins, or a Sa of cheese. So we did not stop paying it (like that) until Mu’awiyah arrived in Al-Madinah […]
the Prophet sent a caller in the roads of Makkah proclaiming “Sadaqatul-Fitr is required upon every Muslim, male or female, free or slave, young or old; it is two Mudd of wheat or its equivalent of a Sa of food.”
“The Messenger of Allah made Sadaqatul-Fitr an obligation upon the male and female, the free and the bondsmen, as a Sa of dried dates or a Sa of barley.” He said: “So the people equated that to half a Sa of wheat.”
Umm Bujaid – and she was one of those who gave the pledge to the Prophet – she said to the Messenger of Allah: “There is a needy person who stands outside my door, but I cannot find anything to give to him.” So the Messenger of Allah said to her: “If you do not […]
“The Messenger of Allah gave to me on the Day of Hunain, and he was the most hated creature to me. But he did not stop giving to me until he was the most loved creature to me.”