Explanation of the hadith of Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both): (Every good deed is a charity, and among the good deeds is that you meet your brother with a pleasant face . . .)
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated in his book "Al-Adab al-Mufrad" with a chain that is good except for one narrator: from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1970Sahih (Darussalam), Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1970Sahih (Darussalam).
This hadith clarifies that any good a Muslim offers to his Muslim brother is considered and counted as charity with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is a general rule that nothing specifies; every good deed is a charity. The details of this statement appear in other hadiths. Some of the details are:. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned in some hadiths that Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 422. The Messenger (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) mentioned that trait in the well-known hadith in which the poor complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that they did not find from wealth what to spend to draw near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as the rich do. This was from the poor out of envy, not as a rebuke to the rich. They said, on the tongue of one of them whom they sent to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): . They were explaining that there are practices in which the poor participate with the rich, such as prayer and fasting and similar acts of worship and obedience, but this is counterbalanced by other acts of worship that the rich are able to perform while the poor are not. They pointed to this by saying: . He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: , to the end of the hadith. The poor rejoiced greatly with this, and this messenger went to them with the good news. But it was not long before the rich heard what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had enjoined upon the poor of those tasbih, tahmid, and takbir after the prayers, so they hastened to act and perform these dhikr. That reached the poor. Their messenger returned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to say to him: O Messenger of Allah, the rich have heard what you enjoined upon us, so they did what we do. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: Sunan Ibn Majah 1973Sahih (Darussalam). In another hadith, when the poor came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said to them, and here is the point of reference: . In some hadiths: As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 63:128. So his (peace be upon him) saying in this hadith: came with only two examples ... over all religions, where he broadened the paths of worship for the Muslims and made every good a Muslim does with his Muslim brother one of these paths. Here he gave two examples of his (peace be upon him) saying: . The first example is his saying: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1970Sahih (Darussalam). Its explanation is in another hadith, which is his (peace be upon him) saying: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 891. This is the meaning of his saying in this hadith: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1970Sahih (Darussalam). Do not meet him with a frowning, scowling face, but with a pleasant, generous, smiling face.
Every good is charity. Indeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left in your bucket into the vessel of your brother.
كُلُّ مَعروفٍ صَدقَةٍ ، وإنَّ مِنَ المَعروفِ أَن تَلقَى أَخاكَ بِوجهٍ طَلقٍ ، وَأن تُفرِغ مِن دَلوِكَ فِي إِناءِ أَخِيكَEvery good is charity. Indeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left in your bucket into the vessel of your brother.
كُلُّ مَعروفٍ صَدقَةٍ ، وإنَّ مِنَ المَعروفِ أَن تَلقَى أَخاكَ بِوجهٍ طَلقٍ ، وَأن تُفرِغ مِن دَلوِكَ فِي إِناءِ أَخِيكَThis hadith clarifies that any good a Muslim offers to his Muslim brother is considered and counted as charity with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is a general rule that nothing specifies; every good deed is a charity. The details of this statement appear in other hadiths. Some of the details are:
Every good deed is a charity.
كلُّ معروفٍ صدقةRemoving something harmful from the road is sadaqa.
إماطة الأذى عن الطريق صدقةO Messenger of Allah, the people of wealth have taken the rewards. The people of wealth are the people of abundant money, meaning the rich, and they have taken the rewards. They pray as we pray, and they fast as we fast, and they give charity and we do not give charity.
يا رسول الله ، ذهب أهل الدثور بالأجور - أهل الدثور أهل الأموال الكثيرة ، يعني الأغنياء ذهبوا بالأجور - يصلون كما نصلي ، ويصومون كما نصوم ، ويتصدَّقون ولا نتصدَّقAnd they give charity and we do not give charity.
ويتصدَّقون ولا نتصدَّقShall I not guide you to something that if you do it, you will surpass those before you, and no one after you will catch up to you except one who does as you do? You say Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) thirty-three times after every prayer, Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah) thirty-three times, and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) thirty-three times, and then you complete the hundred by saying: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah (There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner).
ألا أدلُّكم على إذا ما فعلتموه سبقتم من قبلكم ، ولم يُدرككم من بعدكم إلا مَن فعل مثلكم ؟ تسبِّحون دبر كل صلاة ثلاثًا وثلاثين ، وتحمدون الله ثلاثًا وثلاثين ، وتكبِّرون الله ثلاثًا وثلاثين ، ثم تقولون تمام المئة : لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك لهThat is the Grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He pleases.
ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاءFor you is a charity for every tasbih, a charity for every takbir, enjoining good is a charity, forbidding evil is a charity, removing a harmful object from the road is a charity, and reconciling between two people is a charity.
إن لكم بكل تسبيحة صدقة ، وبكل تكبيرة صدقة ، وأمر بمعروف صدقة ، ونهي عن منكر صدقة ، وإماطة الأذى عن الطريق صدقة ، وإصلاح بين اثنين صدقةAnd all of this is gathered in the two rak'ahs of the Dhuha prayer.
ويجمع ذلك كلَّه ركعتا الضحىEvery good deed is charity
كلُّ معروف صدقةEvery good deed is charity
كلُّ معروف صدقةIndeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face
وإن من المعروف أن تلقى أخاك بوجهٍ طَلقAbu Dharr is reported as saying, "Your putting some of the water from your bucket in your brother's bucket is sadaqa. Your removing stones. thorns and bones from people's path is sadaqa. Your guiding a man in a place where there are no guides is sadaqa."
وتبسُّمك في وجه أخيك صدقةIndeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face
وإن من المعروف أن تلقى أخاك بوجهٍ طَلق
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