The Virtue of Clothing a Needy Person
Written by: ʿImrān Ayyūb Lāhorī
❖ Ḥadīth of ʿUmar (RA)
ʿUmar (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
أفضل الأعمال إدخال السرور على المؤمن، كسوت عورته ، أو أشبعت جوعته ، أو قضيت له حاجته
“The best of deeds is to bring joy to a believer: to cover his nakedness (by giving him clothing), or to satisfy his hunger, or to fulfill his need.”
[Ḥasan: al-Ṣaḥīḥah: 1494; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2090; Kitāb al-Libās wa al-Zīnah: Bāb al-Targhīb fī al-Ṣadaqah ʿalā al-Faqīr bimā Yalbasuhu Ka-al-Thawb wa Nahwihi; narrated by al-Ṭabarānī]
This narration highlights the virtue of providing clothing to the needy, as it is counted among the most virtuous deeds that bring happiness to a fellow believer.
