Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said Such as the benevolent and the charitable Like two men with iron shields on them If they are the one giving charity Expand on it until it relieves its effect And if they are well with charity I squeezed him His hands joined Thrace's Each ring was attached to its owner He said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying He tries to expand it but is unable Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim