Riyad as-Salihin 265

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وعنه عن النبي

صلى الله عليه وسلم: «الساعي على الأرملة والمسكين كالمجاهد في سبيل الله«وأحسبه قال: «وكالقائم الذي لا يفتر، وكالصائم الذي لا يفطر»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah.” The narrator said: I think that he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) added also: “I shall regard him as the one who stands up (for prayer) without rest and as the one who observes fasts continuously”.

Riyad as-Salihin 265, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 265. 1 min readCopy the reference

What it means

What it teaches

• Promoting cooperation, solidarity, and the act of fulfilling the needs of the weak.
• Worship includes every good deed and looking after the widows and the needy is an act of worship.
• Ibn Hubayrah said: "This means that Allah Almighty combines for him the rewards of the one who fasts on a regular basis, the one who observes voluntary night prayer on a regular basis, and the one who engages in Jihad altogether. This is because he took care of the widow in place of her husband and took care of the needy person who was unable to take care of himself, thus, spending the surplus of his provision and giving his forbearance in charity, which makes his benefit equal to that of fasting, praying at night and engages in Jihad."

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
2. 2Ishaq ibn ShahinNarrated, Fourth generation, died 250 AH
3. 3النبيFrom