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Removing Harmful Things From The Road

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5243 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 362

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5243. It was narrated from Abū Dharr that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Every bone in the fingers and toes of the son of Adam must give charity every day. Greeting whoever you meet is a charity, enjoining what is good is a charity, forbidding what is evil is a charity, removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity, and having intercourse with one's wife is a charity.” They said: “O Messenger of Allāh, if he fulfills his desire, is it a charity for him?” He said: “Don’t you see that if he were to do it in an unlawful manner, he would be sinning?” And he said: “Two Rak’ah of Duha prayer are sufficient instead of all that.” (Sahih) Abū Dāwūd said: Ḥammād (one of the narrators): did not mention commanding and forbidding.

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5243 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ، وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ وَهُوَ أَتَمُّ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلَامَى مِنَ ابْنِ آدَمَ صَدَقَةٌ، تَسْلِيمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَقِيَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَأَمْرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَنَهْيُهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِمَاطَتُهُ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَبُضْعَتُهُ أَهْلَهُ صَدَقَةٌ» قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِي شَهْوَةً، وَتَكُونُ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ؟ قَالَ: «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وَضَعَهَا فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهَا أَكَانَ يَأْثَمُ؟» قَالَ: «وَيُجْزِئُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ رَكْعَتَانِ مِنَ الضُّحَى» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «لَمْ يَذْكُرْ حَمَّادٌ الْأَمْرَ وَالنَّهْيَ»

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