Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best charity is that which leaves the giver self-sufficient, and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand. And begin spending on those whose maintenance is your responsibility. Your wife will say: Spend on me or divorce me, and your slave will say: Spend on me or sell me, and your son will say: To whom do you entrust us?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded to give charity. A man said: I have one dinar. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Spend it on yourself." He said: I have another one. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Spend it on your wife." He said: I have another one. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Spend it on your servant, then you know best about your own situation."

It is narrated from Abu az-Zubair (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): "The servant who saves a person from hardship and heat (and prepares food), did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) command that he be made to sit and eat with him?" He replied: "Yes! But if any of you dislikes making him sit and eat with him, then he should at least put one or two morsels in his hand."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to advise kindness and good treatment towards slaves and would say: "Feed them with what you eat yourself, and clothe them with what you wear yourself, and do not torment the creation of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When a servant brings food to any one of you, let him make him sit with him, and if he does not sit, then give him some food from it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when Safwan bin Umayyah came with a very large tub, which several people were carrying in a sheet. So they placed it before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called the poor people and other people’s slaves who were present there, and they ate together. At that time, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah do bad to those people, or he said: May Allah curse those who avoid eating with their slaves. Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! We do not neglect them, but we prefer ourselves over them. By Allah, we do not have such fine and good food that we ourselves eat and also feed them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When a slave is sincere to his master and worships his Lord in a good manner, then he will have a double reward."

It is narrated from Salih bin Hayy that a man from (Khorasan) asked Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him): Abu Amr! We used to say among ourselves that if a person frees his umm walad (slave woman) and then marries her, it is as if someone rides a sacrificial animal. Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu Burdah told me from his father (Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash’ari, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him:“There are three types of people who will have a double reward: First, a person from the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) who believed in his prophet and then also believed in Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), for him there is a double reward. Second, a slave who is owned by someone, when he fulfills the right of Allah Almighty and also fulfills the rights of his masters. And third, a person who has a slave woman with whom he has intercourse, he teaches her good manners and gives her a good education, then he frees her and marries her, for him also there is a double reward.”Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have given you this hadith without any worldly compensation, even though for asking about something less than this, people used to travel to Madinah Tayyibah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The slave who worships his Lord properly, and also fulfills the rights of obedience and goodwill that his master has upon him with responsibility, for him there is a double reward."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A slave will have a double reward when he worships Allah well and fulfills His right, and also fulfills the right of his master whom he serves as a slave."