Nawawī’s Arbaýīn

A Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ

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Many Ways Of Benefaction - Hadith 26

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم كُلُّ سُلَامَى مِنْ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ، كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَطْلُعُ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ تَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتُعِينُ الرَّجُلَ فِي دَابَّتِهِ فَتَحْمِلُهُ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ تَرْفَعُ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَبِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ تَمْشِيهَا إلَى الصَّلَاةِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتُمِيطُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ ، وَمُسْلِمٌ

Narrated by Abū Hurayrah radiyAllāhu Anhu, who said: RasūlAllāh ﷺ said:

Charity is due upon every bone[1] in the human [body, on] every day the sun rises: If you make truce between two [warring] parties, it is charity; if you help a man to mount his steed, or help him hoist his belongings [upon it] is charity. (Uttering) a good word is charity; every step you take (towards the Masjid) for prayer is charity; every harm you remove from the road is charity.

Reported by Bukhārī and Muslim. [2]

Notes:

[1] Sulāmā: Literally, the bones of the palms, fingers and feet. However, here it is used to denote every bone and joint – as the report in Muslim suggests: “The [body of] Ádam’s son [i.e. human body] was created with 360 joints..” [Şaĥīĥ Muslim, 1007].

[2] Bukhārī 2989; Muslim 1009.

References:

1. Nawawī’s Arbaýīn, Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith 26

[ English Translation ]

Mawlana Abu Hasan Ridawi,

Ridawi Press.