<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) It shows the merit of consolation and the virtue of mixing the available food during travel and putting it in one container when it is little.<br> 2) It is permissible for a man to talk about the good traits of his people, if this is intended to encourage others to imitate their good behavior.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Some scholars said:<br> “This Hadith apparently indicates the permissibility of monthly collective funds (Jam‘iyyah), in which some people cooperate in doing good. It proceeds as follows:<br> Each participant pays the same sum of money, and then one of the participants takes the total amount in that month. Then, this process is repeated every month until all the participants take their turn in taking that amount, equally and successively.<br> Such a fund is legitimate, and it also entails a reward if done with the intention of cooperation in goodness. In fact, it helps save people from debt or the need to take up usurious loans. So, this activity achieves certain interests and involves no evils; and Allah knows best.”