Reward of feeding a fasting person

 Reward of feeding a fasting person

Sayyiduna Salman Farsi (Radi Allahu Anhu) narrates that on the last day of Sha’ban, the Prophet of Allah (SallAllahu Alayhi waSallam) said,

‘O people! An auspicious and blessed month has approached you. In this month, there is a night that is better than a thousand months. Allah has made it Farḍ to fast in this sacred month. To offer (Tarawīh Salah) in its nights is Sunnaĥ. If you do a good deed in this month, it will be equivalent to carrying out a Farḍ act in any other month and if you perform a Farḍ act in this month, it will be equivalent to carrying out 70 Farḍ acts in any other month. This is the month of patience whose reward is Heaven. This is the month of sympathy and, in this month, the believer’s sustenance is increased.

 Reward of feeding a fasting person

In this month, the one who serves a fasting person with something to do Iftar, will be forgiven for his sins and his neck will be freed from the fire of Hell and he will be rewarded the same as the one who fasted, without any reduction in the reward of the fasting person.’ The companions asked humbly, ‘Ya Rasulullah (SallAllahu Alayhi waSallam)! Not all of us possess enough money to (present a meal to the fasting person) for Iftar.’ He (SallAllahu Alayhi waSallam) replied, ‘Allah (Azzawajal) will give this reward to the one who offers a sip of milk, a date or a sip of water to the fasting person and the one who serves the fasting person with a meal so that his stomach is full will be given water from my pond (Kawthar) such that he will never feel thirsty and will enter Heaven.