Reports on the reward for a loan and for lending a milch animal

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: That I should lend to a man twice is dearer to me than that I should give someone a gift once.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever lends someone some dirhams, or lends a milk-animal, or guides someone along a lane, shall have a reward like that of freeing a slave."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That I should lend to someone twice is dearer to me than that I should give charity once.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Whoever lends someone some dirhams, or lends a milk-animal, or guides someone along a lane or a road, shall have a reward equal to that of freeing a slave.

Alqamah said: Lending to someone twice is equal to giving a gift once.

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whoever lends a milk-animal to someone shall have ten good deeds for each milking, whether it gives much milk or little.

Ata said: Whoever gives milk or land as a loan shall have a reward.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best camels are thirty. The strong and swift ones among them should be ridden. Their gear should be lent out, and those that give abundant milk should be lent to someone. And on the day they come to water, they should be milked in their pens."

Alqamah bin al-Zibriqan said: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "What is the right due on camels?" He said: "That the one with abundant milk be lent to someone, that a fine camel be given to someone, and that the stud be let out for mating."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: That I should lend someone two hundred dirhams twice is dearer to me than that I should give them in charity once.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three deeds are a sunnah, and their reward is upon me, meaning they are very great deeds: lending a milk-animal, offering a sacrifice, and a man performing Hajj on behalf of another man who has never performed Hajj at all."

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: No person gives a loan of a milk-animal, nor of money, except that the lender is the better of the two; and if he repays, it is to be repaid well.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That I should lend someone two dinars twice is dearer to me than that I should give them in charity. For when I lend them, they will come back to me, and then I will give them in charity, so I will have a double reward.