Understanding Islam — Page 230
228 asked you for food and you did not feed Me. The man will exclaim: Lord, you could I feed You while You are the Lord of the worlds! Allah will say: Did you not know that My servant So and So asked you for food and you did not feed him? Did you not realize that if you had fed him you would have found your reward with Me? Son of Adam, I asked you for drink and you did not give Me to drink. The man will exclaim: Lord, how could I have given You to drink when You are the Lord of the worlds! Allah will say: My servant So and So asked you for a drink and you did not give him to drink. Did you not realize that if you had given him to drink you would have found its reward with Me? (Muslim) #900 Ab ū Dharr ra relates: I asked the Holy Prophet sa : What is most meritorious? He said: Faith in Allah and striving in His cause. I asked: The freeing of which slave is best? He said: Of that one whom the master likes best and whose value is highest. I asked: If one is not able to do that? He said: Then help someone with his work, or make something for someone who is not able to make it himself. I asked: