“Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity, your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity.” - Prophet Muhammad (570-632) Koran - Arabian, b. Mecca, son of Abdallah, descended of Ishmael.