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66. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 266. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A poor one is not he who can be turned away with a date or two or a morsel or two: the truly poor one is he who despite his poverty refrains from asking (Bokhari and. Muslim). Another version is: A poor one is not he who goes round asking people and who can be turned away with a morsel or two or a date or two. A truly poor one is he who does not find enough to suffice him, does not disclose his poverty so that he might be given alms, and does not stand up to ask. 267. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who exerts himself on behalf of widows and the indigent is like one who strives in the cause of Allah; and the narrator thinks he added: and like the guardian who never retreats, and like one who observes the fast and does not break it (Bokhari and Muslim). 268. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The worst food is the food served at a walima from which those are excluded who would like to come and to which those are invited who refuse to come and he who declines an invitation disobeys Allah and His Messenger (Muslim). Another version is:. The worst food is the food served at a walima to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are excluded. 269. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who brings up two girls through their childhood will appear on the Day of Judgment attached to me like two fingers of a hand (Muslim). 270. Ayesha relates: A woman came to me begging with her two daughters; I could not find anything except a single date which I gave to her. . She divided it between her daughters and did not herself eat any of it. Then she got up and left. When the Holy Prophet came, I told him of it. He said:. One who is tried with daughters and treats them well will find that they will become his shield from the Fire (Bokhari and Muslim). 271. Ayesha relates: A poor woman came to me with her two daughters. . I gave her three dates. She gave one to each girl and raised the third to her own mouth to eat. The girls asked her for it. So she broke it into two parts and gave one to each of the girls. I was much struck by her action and mentioned what she had done to the Holy Prophet. He said: Allah appointed Paradise for her in consequence of it; or he said: Allah freed her from the Fire on account of it. 272. Abu Shuraih Khuwailad ibn Amr Khuza'i relates that the Holy. Prophet said: Allah, I declare sinful any failure to safeguard the rights of two weak ones; orphans and women (Nisai). 273. Mus'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas relates: Sa'ad had a notion that he had a superiority over those who were not so well off as he was. The Holy. Prophet said: You are helped and are provided for because of the weak and poor ones among you (Bokhari). 274. Abu Darda' relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Look for me among the weak ones, for you are helped and provided for on account of the weak ones among you (Abu Daud).