Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2670
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ، عَنْ شَبِيبِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلٌ يَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَتَحَمَّلُهُ فَدَلَّهُ عَلَى آخَرَ فَحَمَلَهُ . فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ الدَّالَّ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ كَفَاعِلِهِ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ وَبُرَيْدَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas ibn Malik reported: ‘A man came to the Prophet asking for a mount. The Prophet had nothing to provide him, so he directed him to another man, who gave him a mount. The man came back and told the Prophet, who said: “The one who guides to good is like the one who does it.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is gharīb through this route from Anas from the Prophet.’ Reports on this topic are also related from Abu Mas‘ud al-Badri and Buraydah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The first man sought transport, and the person the Prophet directed him to supplied it. The source grades this route gharīb and names two corroborating Companions.