Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 593

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُسْتَنِيرُ بْنُ أَخْضَرَ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ قَالَ‏:‏ كُنْتُ مَعَ مَعْقِلٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، فَأَمَاطَ أَذًى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَرَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا فَبَادَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ‏:‏ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي‏؟‏ قَالَ‏:‏ رَأَيْتُكَ تَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا فَصَنَعْتُهُ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَحْسَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ‏:‏ مَنْ أَمَاطَ أَذًى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كُتِبَ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ، وَمَنْ تُقُبِّلَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad related to us: al-Khalil ibn Ahmad related to us: al-Mustanir ibn Akhdar related to us: Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah told me: I was with Ma‘qil al-Muzani when he removed something harmful from the road. I saw something and hurried to remove it. He asked, “What made you do that, my nephew?” I replied, “I saw you doing something, so I did it.” He said, “Well done, my nephew. I heard the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘Whoever removes something harmful from the road of the Muslims will have a good deed recorded for him, and whoever has a good deed accepted will enter the Garden.’”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The opening scene is narrated by Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah about Ma‘qil al-Muzani; the Prophetic saying begins after Ma‘qil says he heard the Prophet.