in its place, and he pulls at it, yet it will not widen.” Agreed upon.

“Al-junnah” means a coat of mail. The image conveys that every time the generous man spends, the armor spreads and lengthens until it trails behind him, covering his legs and erasing every trace of his steps.

566 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever gives in charity the equivalent of a single date-fruit (1) from lawful earnings—and Allah accepts only what is lawful—Allah receives it with His right hand, then nurtures it for its owner as one of you rears his foal, until it grows to the size of a mountain.” Agreed upon (2).

Al-fulū (with fatḥa on the fāʾ, ḍamma on the lām, and a doubled wāw; it is also pronounced with kasra on the fāʾ, sukoon on the lām, and a light wāw) means “foal.”

567 – He likewise narrated from the Prophet ﷺ: “While a man was walking across an open plain (3), he heard a voice in a cloud saying, ‘Irrigate the orchard of so-and-so.’ The cloud then moved aside and poured its water onto a rocky tract, and the water gathered in one of its channels until it had collected completely. He followed the flow and came upon a man in his garden diverting the water with his spade. He said, ‘Servant of Allah, what is your name?’ The man gave the very name he had heard in the cloud. He asked, ‘Servant of Allah, why do you ask my name?’ He replied, ‘I heard a voice in the cloud from which this water came saying, “Irrigate the orchard of so-and-so,” naming you. What do you do with it?’ He answered, ‘Since you have asked: I look at what the garden yields—one third I give in charity, one third my family and I eat, and one third I reinvest in it.’” Narrated by Muslim.

(Al-ḥarrah) is land covered with black stones, and “al-sharjah”—with an open shīn—