It is reported that Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān was a wealthy man, he used to provide ifṭār (meal to end the fast) for five hundred people in Ramaḍān, and would give each of them one hundred dirham after ‘Eid.
It is also reported that he used to provide ifṭār for fifty poor people a day in Ramaḍān, and on the eve of ‘Eid he would give each of them clothes to wear.
Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā', in his biography of Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān.
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Nonfiksi-the salaf series 2- "To those who wish to live in a world that kills." - sequel to the "sayings of the salaf" - can be read as a standalone