Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever lends (an animal) as a loan, or gives milk, or guides someone on the road, then he will receive the reward of freeing a neck (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps these are the words) — the reward of freeing a life.”
Hadith Referenceصحیح ابن حبان / كتاب العارية / 5096
Hadith Gradingفضيلة الشيخ الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألبانيصحيح - «تخريج المشكاة» (1917)، «التعليق الرغيب» (2/ 34 و 241).فضيلة الشيخ العلّامة شُعيب الأرناؤوطإسناده قوي