‘A’isha said, “A poor woman came carrying two of her daughters and I gave her three dates. She gave each of them a date and lifted the other date to her mouth to eat it and then her daughters asked to eat it, so she divided between them the date which she was going to eat. I was astonished at what she did and I mentioned what she had done to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, ‘Allah has made the Garden mandatory for her because of it – or freed her from the Fire because of it.'” [Muslim]
