has surplus provisions should give them to the one who has none.” He continued listing various categories of property until we felt that none of us had the right to keep anything extra. Related by Muslim.

4/567 — Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a woven cloak and said, “I wove it with my own hands so that I might clothe you in it.” The Prophet ﷺ accepted it, for he was in need of it. He later came out to us wearing it as his lower garment. A certain man said, “Clothe me with it; how beautiful it is!” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “Very well.” He remained seated for a while, then went inside, folded the cloak, and sent it to that man.

The people said to him, “You have acted poorly! The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, yet you asked him for it, knowing that he never turns away a petitioner.” The man replied, “By Allah, I did not ask for it to wear it; I asked for it so that it would be my shroud.” Sahl added, “And indeed, it became his shroud.” Narrated by al-Bukhari.

[Commentary]
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) cited these four hadiths in the chapter on altruism: the reports of Abu Hurayrah, Jabir, Abu Saʿid, and Sahl ibn Saʿd.

In the first two hadiths the Prophet ﷺ explains that the food of one suffices for two, the food of two suffices for four, and the food of four suffices for eight. This is his ﷺ exhortation to altruism: if you bring food that you think is only enough for yourself and another person comes along, do not be miserly—do not withhold from him and say