Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2595

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ - قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ - عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ هَلَكْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ « وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ ». قَالَ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِى فِى رَمَضَانَ. قَالَ « هَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُعْتِقُ رَقَبَةً ». قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ « فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ ». قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ « فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ». قَالَ لاَ - قَالَ - ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَأُتِىَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ. فَقَالَ « تَصَدَّقْ بِهَذَا ». قَالَ أَفْقَرَ مِنَّا فَمَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا. فَضَحِكَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ « اذْهَبْ فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ ».

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “A man came to the Prophet (SAW) and said: ‘I am doomed, O Messenger of Allah!’ He said: ‘I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan.’ He said: ‘Do you have the means to free a slave?’ He said : ‘No.’ He said: ‘Do you have the means to feed sixty poor people?’ He said: ‘No.’ Then he sat down, and a large basket of dates was brought to the Prophet (SAW), He said: ‘Give this in charity.’ He said: ‘Is there anyone poorer than us? There is no family between the two fields of volcanic rock (meaning between the two mountains of Al-Madinah) that is more in need of it than us.’ The Prophet (SAW) smiled until his eyeteeth were visible, then he said: ‘Go and feed it to your family.’”