Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 593
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.
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.