Hadith: Every act of goodness is charity
عن جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ».
[صحيح] - [رواه البخاري من حديث جابر، ورواه مسلم من حديث حذيفة] - [صحيح البخاري: 6021]
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Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Every act of goodness is charity."
[Authentic hadith] - [Narrated by Bukhari through Jaber's hadith and narrated by Muslim through Hudhaifa's hadith] - [Sahih Bukhari - 6021]
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that every goodness and benefit for others, whether in words or deeds, is regarded as a charity, and its doer obtains a reward for it.
Benefits from the Hadith
- The Hadīth indicates that charity is not limited to what a person spends out of his money, but it includes everything good a person says or does to others.
- It encourages us to do what is good and beneficial to others.
- We should not belittle any act of goodness, even if it was simple.
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