If thou would not be distressed on the Day of Judgment, forget not them that are distressed.
Drive not the poor man empty from thy door, lest thou should wander before the doors of strangers.
He protects the needy who fears that he himself may become needful of the help of others.
Art not thou, too, a supplicant? Be grateful, and turn not away them that supplicate thee.
Story Illustrative of Doing Good to the Evil
A woman said to her husband: “Do not again buy bread from the baker in this street. Make thy purchases in the market, for this man shows wheat and sells barley,[12] and he has no customers but a swarm of flies.”
“O light of my life,” the husband answered, “pay no heed to his trickery. In the hope of our custom has he settled in this place, and not humane would it be to deprive him of his profits.”
Follow the path of the righteous, and, if thou stand upon thy feet, stretch out thy hand to them that are fallen.