Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1896

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " كُلُّ سُلَامَى مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَطْلُعُ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ صَدَقَةٌ وَيُعِينُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فَيَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يَرْفَعُ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُ صَدَقَةٌ والكلمة الطّيبَة صَدَقَة وكل خطْوَة تخطوها إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ صَدَقَةٌ وَيُمِيطُ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَة "

Translation

Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Every joint of a person owes charity each day the sun rises. Reconciling two people is charity. Helping a man with his riding animal, lifting him onto it or lifting his goods onto it, is charity. A good word is charity. Every step one takes toward prayer is charity. Removing something harmful from the road is charity.’

Translation notes
  • The Arabic says a person is helped onto his mount or his belongings are lifted onto it; the English witness notes uncertainty between ‘loading’ and ‘lifting,’ but the Arabic here gives both as alternatives. No collection attribution appears in the source passage.