What We Give Remains

Aisha – رضي اللَّه عنها – said that they slaughtered a sheep.

Most of it was given away to feed poor people.

The Prophet asked: “What remains of it?”

Aisha said:
مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ كَتِفُهَا
“Nothing remains of it except its shoulder.”

The Prophet said:
بَقِيَ كُلُّهَا غَيْرَ كَتِفِهَا
“All of it remains except its shoulder.”

[Tirmidhi, 2470 – it is authentic].

Meaning: what we give away in the path of Allah REMAINS in our record of good deeds on the Day of Judgement.

What we ourselves consume is gone.