<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) The Companions were keen to know, and do, the acts that benefit one in worldly life and in the Hereafter.<br> 2) It urges us to spend and give, by feeding people.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> His statement “greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know” is limited to Muslims only. We should not initiate the greeting to non-Muslims, based on the Prophet’s statement: “Do not initiate the greeting to the Jews and Christians...”<br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> The difference between a generous and wasteful person is that the former puts his spending in its proper place, while the latter often spends in unworthy areas.<br> A generous person seeks to fulfill, by his wealth, such rights that are due or commendable, as per the Shariah and the sense of chivalry. He honors guests and spends in ways that maintain his honor, doing this willingly and in pursuit of divine compensation in this world and in Hereafter.<br> A wasteful person, on the other hand, spends according to his whims and lusts, disregarding any personal or public interest. He neglects all rights, due or recommended.