Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 224
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Ayyash narrated to us. He said: Abu Ghassan narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated to me, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Every act of kindness is charity.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Ma‘ruf refers broadly to recognized good or kindness; ‘act of kindness’ is used here for natural English.