السَّقيِ
 
 
 
 QUENCHING SOMEONE'S THIRST 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
فَضلُ السَّقيِ / The Virtue of Quenching Someone's Thirst
 
  1ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ الرجُلَ إذا سَقَى امرَأتَهُ الماءَ اُجِرَ. 
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If a man quenches his wife's thirst he is rewarded for it.’ 
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16380] 
 
 
 
 
   2ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إذا كَثُرَت ذُنوبُكَ فاسْقِ الماءَ عَلَى الماءِ. 
 
2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If you have committed many sins, then quench people’s thirst time after time.’ 
 
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16377] 
  
  
  
السَّقيِ
 
 
QUENCHING SOMEONE'S THIRST 
 
 
 
 
 
   3ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن سَقى مُؤمناً مِن ظَمَأٍ سَقاهُ اللّهُ مِنَ الرَّحيقِ المَختومِ. 
 
3– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Whoever quenches a believer of his thirst, Allah will quench him from the pure sealed wine 
 
[of Paradise].’ 
 
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 201, no. 5] 
  
  
  
 
   4ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن سَقى ظَمآنا ماءً سَقاهُ اللّهُ مِنَ الرَّحيقِ المَختومِ. 
 
4– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ''Whoever gives a drink of water to a thirsty person, Allah will quench him from the pure sealed wine 
 
[of Paradise].’ 
 
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 172, no. 8] 
  
  
  
 
   5ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ أوَّلَ ما يُبدَأُ بهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ صَدَقةُ الماءِ . 
 
5– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily the first thing to be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection will be the giving of water.’ 
 
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 173, no. 13] 
  
  
  
 
   6ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أفضَلُ الصَّدقَةِ إبرادُ الكَبِدِ الحَرّى ، ومَن سَقى كَبِدا حَرّى مِن بَهيمَةٍ أو غَيرِها أظَلَّهُ اللّهُ عزّوجلّ يَومَ لا ظِلَّ إلّا ظِلُّهُ . 
 
6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The best form of charity is to cool down someone's internal heat 
 
[by quenching them], and whoever quenches an animal's or any other being's internal heat, Allah will shade him on the Day when no shade will avail except His shade.’ 
 
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 172, no. 8] 
  
  
  
ما يَنبَغي لِلسّاقي / The Duty of One Who Quenches Others
 
 
   7ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لِيَشرَبْ ساقِي القَومِ آخِرَهُم . 
 
7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The one who gives people to drink should himself drink last of all.’ 
 
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 455, no. 24]