Chapter on the Virtue of Providing Water
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 18
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 18
Chapter on the Virtue of Providing Water
3 hadiths
قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَوَّلُ مَا يُبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ صَدَقَةُ اَلْمَاءِ يَعْنِي فِي اَلْأَجْرِ».
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام said: "The first thing to be rewarded in the Hereafter is the charity of providing water."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ إِبْرَادَ اَلْكَبِدِ اَلْحَرَّى وَ مَنْ سَقَى كَبِداً حَرَّى مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهَا أَظَلَّهُ اَللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّ عَرْشِهِ يَوْمَ لاَ ظِلَّ إِلاَّ ظِلُّهُ.
Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام said: "Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, loves the cooling of a burning liver. Whoever quenches the thirst of a burning liver- whether of an animal or otherwise, Allah سبحانه وتعالى will shade them under the shade of His Throne on the Day when there is no shade except His shade."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «مَنْ سَقَى اَلْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ اَلْمَاءُ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً وَ مَنْ سَقَى اَلْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ اَلْمَاءُ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً وَ مَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً «فَكَأَنَّمٰا أَحْيَا اَلنّٰاسَ جَمِيعاً » »
Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام: "Whoever gives water in a place where water is available is like one who frees a slave. And whoever gives water in a place where water is not available is like one who revives a soul. And whoever revives a soul, it is as though they have revived all of humanity."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 87