Sahih Muslim Book - 45, Hadith - 6694

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ ، يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُضَرَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، أَنَّ زِيَادَ بْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَيَّاشٍ ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : جَاءَتْنِي مِسْكِينَةٌ تَحْمِلُ ابْنَتَيْنِ لَهَا ، فَأَطْعَمْتُهَا ثَلاَثَ تَمَرَاتٍ ، فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا تَمْرَةً ، وَرَفَعَتْ إِلَى فِيهَا تَمْرَةً لِتَأْكُلَهَا ، فَاسْتَطْعَمَتْهَا ابْنَتَاهَا ، فَشَقَّتِ التَّمْرَةَ ، الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَأْكُلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَأَعْجَبَنِي شَأْنُهَا ، فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي صَنَعَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَوْجَبَ لَهَا بِهَا الْجَنَّةَ ، أَوْ أَعْتَقَهَا بِهَا مِنَ النَّارِ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "A poor woman came to me, carrying two of her daughters, and I gave her three dates to eat. She gave each of them a date and lifted the other one (to her mouth) to eat it, but her daughters asked her to give it to them, so she divided the date that she wanted to eat between them. I was impressed by what she did, and I told the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about what she had done. He said: 'Allah has decreed Paradise for her because of that,' or; 'He has ransomed her from the Fire because of that."'