“I have evaluated all virtues, what I have understood to be the greatest of them is to feed the hungry”

- Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Jeelani

Abu Talha (radiallahu 'anhu) relates that once when he was exhausted by hunger, he complained to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and showed his belly on which he had tied a slab of stone for allaying the uneasy sensation. The Prophet of God (peace be upon him) then showed him his own belly on which he had tied two slabs of rock! (13)