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Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity.

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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,

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that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"A man was walking along

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when he became intensely thirsty.

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He descended into a well

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and drank from it.

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Then he emerged,

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and there he saw a dog panting,

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eating the moist earth out of thirst.

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He said to himself,

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'This creature has reached the same state of thirst that I reached.'

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So he filled his leather sock [with water],

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held it in his mouth,

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climbed back up,

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and gave the dog a drink.

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Allah appreciated his deed and forgave him."

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They asked,

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"O Messenger of Allah,

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is there a reward for us in [caring for] animals?"

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He replied,

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"In every living being with a moist liver, there is a reward."

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Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.