Narrated Abu Huraira:While we were sitting with the Prophet a man came and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I have been ruined." Allah's Apostle asked what was the
matter with him. He replied "I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was
fasting." Allah's Apostle asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He
replied in the negative. Allah's Apostle asked him, "Can you fast for two
successive months?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet asked him, "Can you
afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet kept
silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of dates was brought
to the Prophet . He asked, "Where is the questioner?" He replied, "I (am here)."
The Prophet said (to him), "Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity."
The man said, "Should I give it to a person poorer than I? By Allah; there is no
family between its (i.e. Medina's) two mountains who are poorer than I." The
Prophet smiled till his pre-molar teeth became visible and then said, 'Feed your
family with it."Hadeeth No. 1819