My friend asked me to accompany him for a need of his, even though he does not need me, so will I receive the virtue of the hadith, “Whoever walks in his brother’s need…”
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a letter says: If one of my friends asks me to accompany him for a need of his, knowing that he does not need me in it, does the virtue mentioned in the hadith include me if I accompany him to his need?
Answer:
This refers to the one who intercedes in his brother’s need to help him obtain it. As for if you go with him merely for the sake of companionship, that is a matter of companionship and keeping each other company. You may go with him, and you may not go. But this does not fall under the hadith, because this is not intercession; it is merely companionship for him.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a letter says: If one of my friends asks me to accompany him for a need of his, knowing that he does not need me in it, does the virtue mentioned in the hadith
Whoever walks in his brother’s need until it is fulfilled, Allah will walk in his need?
من مشى في حاجة أخيه حتى يقضيها مشى الله في حاجته؟Answer:
This refers to the one who intercedes in his brother’s need to help him obtain it. As for if you go with him merely for the sake of companionship, that is a matter of companionship and keeping each other company. You may go with him, and you may not go. But this does not fall under the hadith, because this is not intercession; it is merely companionship for him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [231 -954] طلب مني صديقي مرافقته لحاجة له وهو لا يحتاجني، فهل أنال فضل حديث «من مشى فِي حاجة أخيه.. — youtube.com
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