"Spread wheat on the tops of mountains so it cannot be said that a bird went hungry in the land of the Muslims."
~ Hazrat Umar bin Abdulaziz رضي الله عنه
This is a very old Islamic tradition, still alive in parts of Turkey.
When a white blanket of snow covers everything - people go to the tops of mountains peaks and scatter seeds and food for the birds through the snowing season so as not to let the birds die of starvation.
This deed was started by the Muslim Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz.
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