The First Virtue to Enter in Jannah
“To gift a goat” is called “Maneehatul-Anz” by the Arabs.
Abu Ubaid states: “According to the Arabs, two such forms of gifting prevailed
- A person gives a goat over to another thereby rendering him the owner, or
- A goat or camel is given to another for a specified period, enabling him to benefit from the milk and wool and return it to the actual owner.
“The gifting of a goat” in the above context refers to the second form of gifting whereby a person is granted the benefit of a milking animal over a specified period only.
According to Qazzaz, the word Maneehah (as cited in the Hadith) is a reference to a camel or goat only. The wording of Hadhrat Abu Huraira’s (Radhiyallahu anhu) Hadith is as follows: – “The best gift is a camel which yields copious amounts of milk.”
According to another Hadith: “Besides milk, there is no food or drink that serves the purpose of both food and drink.”
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib (Radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that he heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) saying: “The person who lends an animal to another so that he may partake of its milk or he lends him cash or he guides somebody to the correct path, will receive the reward equivalent to the emancipation of a slave.”
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allahu anhu) narrates that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: –
“Whomsoever gifts a camel which gives a pot-full of milk morning and evening earns himself tremendous rewards.”
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) had forbidden numerous things. Thereafter he explicitly mentioned certain things. He even stated: “Whomsoever lends a milking animal to another so that he may derive benefit from it, will receive a reward equivalent to giving alms morning and evening whenever the animal is milked.”
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In a Marfoo’ Hadith of Hadhrat Abdullah (Radhiyallahu Anhu), he narrates that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam) enquired of the Sahaabah: “Which is the most commendable deed of charity?” They replied: “Allah and His Rasool know better.” He stated: “The act of he who makes a cash loan to his Muslim brother or he provides an animal for him to ride upon.”
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