«كُل لُقْمَهْ فِي بَطْنْ جَايِعْ أَخْيَرْ مِنْ بِنَايِةْ جَامِعْ»

The saying ranks direct relief of hunger above even a celebrated pious act. Every morsel placed in the belly of someone hungry earns more merit than funding a large congregational mosque, the kind where Friday prayers gather the community. Compassion for the needy person in front of you takes moral priority.

It works as practical advice urging people to feed the poor and comfort them in their hardship. It ranks one good deed above another rather than belittling the building of mosques. Charity that answers a pressing human need is presented as the worthier choice when resources must be directed somewhere.

Use it when encouraging someone to give food or help directly to a person in need, especially when that help is weighed against a more visible or prestigious charitable project, gently steering the choice toward immediate relief of hunger.