Let generosity begin with honest earnings

What It Means: Reading in Context

Abu Huraira reports a narration about charity as small as the value of a date, given from honestly earned wealth. This excerpt selects the condition concerning its source. The complete report describes Allah accepting and increasing the reward of that charity, using the comparison of raising a young horse until it grows. The short selection should not detach generosity from honest acquisition. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 1410. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.