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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Gentleness in Matters
بَابُ مَنْ هَدَّى زُقَاقًا أَوْ طَرِيقًاChapter: One Who Guides in an Alley or Road
Hadith 891
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي زُمَيْلٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، يَرْفَعْهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ: لاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ، قَالَ: ”إِفْرَاغُكَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي دَلْوِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِمَاطَتُكَ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّوْكَ وَالْعَظْمَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَهِدَايَتُكَ الرَّجُلَ فِي أَرْضِ الضَّالَّةِ صَدَقَةٌ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu‘ form that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pouring water from your bucket into your brother’s bucket is charity. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is also charity. Meeting your brother with a smiling face is also charity. Removing a stone, thorn, or bone from the path of people is also charity for you. Guiding a lost person to the right way is also charity."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
From this, it is understood that the paths to virtue are numerous. If a person is unable to do one good deed, he can do another. There is no excuse for anyone. In one narration, it is stated that if you are unable to do any virtuous act, then refrain from harming people; this too is a virtue and charity (Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad, Hadith: 162). However, this absolutely does not mean that obligatory duties (fara'id) should be abandoned; fulfilling the obligatory duties remains necessary in its own place. In one narration, it is mentioned that after faith (iman), whoever possesses these qualities will certainly enter Paradise.
From this, it is understood that the paths to virtue are numerous. If a person is unable to do one good deed, he can do another. There is no excuse for anyone. In one narration, it is stated that if you are unable to do any virtuous act, then refrain from harming people; this too is a virtue and charity (Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad, Hadith: 162). However, this absolutely does not mean that obligatory duties (fara'id) should be abandoned; fulfilling the obligatory duties remains necessary in its own place. In one narration, it is mentioned that after faith (iman), whoever possesses these qualities will certainly enter Paradise.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 891
