Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1902
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «غُفِرَ لِامْرَأَةٍ مُومِسَةٍ مَرَّتْ بِكَلْبٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَكِيٍّ يَلْهَثُ كَادَ يَقْتُلُهُ الْعَطَشُ فَنَزَعَتْ خُفَّهَا فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِخِمَارِهَا فَنَزَعَتْ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَغُفِرَ لَهَا بِذَلِكَ» . قِيلَ: إِنَّ لَنَا فِي الْبَهَائِمِ أَجْرًا؟ قَالَ: «فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كبد رطبَة أجر»
Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘A woman who was sexually immoral was forgiven. She passed by a dog panting at the mouth of a well, nearly killed by thirst. She took off her shoe, tied it with her head covering, drew water for it, and she was forgiven for that.’ They asked, ‘Do we have a reward for animals?’ He said, ‘There is a reward for every living creature with a moist liver.’
Translation notes
The Arabic uses the expression ‘every creature with a moist liver’; the English witness renders this as every living creature and adds a literal gloss.