Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 891
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي زُمَيْلٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، يَرْفَعْهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ: لاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ، قَالَ: إِفْرَاغُكَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي دَلْوِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِمَاطَتُكَ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّوْكَ وَالْعَظْمَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَهِدَايَتُكَ الرَّجُلَ فِي أَرْضِ الضَّالَّةِ صَدَقَةٌ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad related to us, saying: ‘Abdullah ibn Raja’ informed us, saying: ‘Ikrima ibn ‘Ammar informed us, from Abu Zumayl, from Malik ibn Marthad, from his father, from Abu Dharr—attributing it to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said later: I only know that he attributed it to the Prophet—who said: “Pouring water from your bucket into your brother’s bucket is charity. Enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong is charity. Your smiling in your brother’s face is charity. Removing a stone, thorn, or bone from people’s path is charity for you. Guiding a man in a desolate land is charity.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ
The English witness omits the charity of enjoining right, forbidding wrong, and smiling at one’s brother.
Should these two omitted acts be restored in the English text?
وَإِمَاطَتُكَ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّوْكَ وَالْعَظْمَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ
The witness preserves the items but has a punctuation error after ‘stones’; the translation regularizes the list.
Should the punctuation be corrected?