Hadith on Sadaqa: Removing harm, enjoining good are charity

Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, your smile in the face of your brother is charity. Lifting harmful things from the road is recorded for you as charity. Pouring your leftovers into your brother’s vessel is charity. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is your charity. Guiding a lost person is charity.

Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ lil-Ṭabarānī 8342

Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ تَبَسُّمَكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِمَاطَتَكَ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ يُكْتَبُ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِنَّ إِفْرَاغَكَ فِي دَلْوِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرَكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيَكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِرْشَادَكَ الضَّالَّةَ صَدَقَةٌ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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