English translation
[6800] 15 - (1017) It was narrated that Jarîr bin ‘Abdullâh said: “Some Bedouins came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ wearing woollen garments,[1] and he saw their bad condition and that they were in need, so he urged the people to give in charity, but they were so slow that (his disapproval) could be seen in his face. “Then an Anṣārī man brought a purse of silver, then another came, then they came one after another, until signs of happiness could be seen in his face. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: ‘Whoever starts a good practice in Islam that is followed after he is gone, there will be written for him a reward like that of those who do it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. Whoever starts a bad practice in Islam that is followed after he is gone, there will be written for him a burden of sin like that of those who do it, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.’”