صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائق
The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب الإِحْسَانِ إِلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ وَالْيَتِيمِ:
Chapter: The Virtue Of Treating Widows, The Poor And Orphans Kindly
Hadith 2982
This hadith is listed as number 7468 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " السَّاعِي عَلَى الْأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ : وَكَالْقَائِمِ لَا يَفْتُرُ وَكَالصَّائِمِ لَا يُفْطِرُ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: One who makes efforts (for earning to be spent) on a widow and the destitute is like a striver in the cause of Allah, and I think he also said: He is like one who constantly stands for prayer and observes fast without breaking it.
