Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1382
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَغْرِسُ غَرْسًا أَوْ يَزْرَعُ زَرْعًا فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ أَوْ طَيْرٌ أَوْ بَهِيمَةٌ إِلاَّ كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَجَابِرٍ وَأُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whenever a Muslim plants a tree or sows a crop, and a person, bird, or animal eats from it, it counts as charity for him.” Reports on this subject are also narrated from Abū Ayyūb, Jābir, Umm Mubashshir, and Zayd ibn Khālid. Anas’s hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report counts benefit received by people and animals from planting or cultivation as ongoing charity.