THE BEST FORM OF CHARITY:

(fulfilling people's needs) قال ابن القيم رحمه الله تعالى: ”وأفضل الصدقة: ما صادفت حاجة من المتصدق عليه، وكانت دائمة مستمرة. ومنه قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((أفضل الصدقة سقى الماء)). وهذا في موضع يقل فيه الماء، ويكثر فيه العطش؛ وإلا فسقي الماء على الأنهار والقنى لا يكون أفضل من إطعام الطعام عند الحاجة.“ Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said: ❝The best form of charity is that which meets the recipient's need and is ongoing and continuous; an example of that is the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: “The best form of charity is to provide drinking water”; this applies in a place where there is little (drinking) water and much thirst, otherwise providing drinking water by the riverside or canal is not better than offering food - if the need for food is greater.❞ [kitāb Ar-Rooḥ 415]