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‏الزكاة (The Book of Obligatory Alms)
CHAPTER: SADAQA INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF GOOD ACTS  

No. 2197

Hudhaifa and Abu Shaiba reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Every act of goodness is sadaqa.

No. 2198

Abu Dharr reported: some of the people from among the Companions of the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: Messenger of Allaah, the rich have taken away (air the) reward. They observe prayer as we do; they keep the fasts as we keep, and tray give Sadaqa out of their surplus riches. Upon this he (the Prophet) said: Has Allaah not prescribed for you (a course) by following which you can (also) do sadaqa? In every declaration of the glorification of Allaah (i. e. saying Subhan Allaah) there is a Sadaqa, and every Takbir (i. e. saying Allaah-O-Akbar) is a sadaqa, and every praise of His (saying al-Hamdu Lillah) is a Sadaqa and every declaration that He is One (La illha ill-Allaah) is a sadaqa, and enjoining of good is a sadaqa, and forbidding of that which is evil is a Sadaqa, and in man's sexual Intercourse (with his wife, ) there is a Sadaqa. They (the Companions) said: Messenger of Allaah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual passion among us? He said: Tell me, if he were to devote it to something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward.

No. 2199

'A'isha reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Every one of the children of Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allaah, praises Allaah, declares Allaah to be One, Glorifies Allaah, and seeks forgiveness from Allaah, and removes stone, or thorn, or bone from people's path, and enjoins what is good and forbids from evil, to the number of those three hundred and sixty-four, will walk that day haviing removed himself from Hell.

No. 2200

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid with the same chain of transmitters except with (a slight) change of words (i. e. he [the Prophet]) said: Or he enjoined what is good,... and said: He enters the evening [ie. he walks till eveningl.

No. 2201

This hadith has been narrated by 'A'isha through anothr chain of transmitters in which she reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying:" Every man is created" ; the rest of the hadith is the same and he said:" He walks on that day."

No. 2202

Sa'id b. Abu Burda reported on the authority of his grandfather that the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Giving of Sadaqa is essential for every Muslim. It was said (to him): What do you say of him who does not find (the means) to do so? He said: Let him work with both his hands, thus doing benefit to himself and give Sadaqa. It was said to him: What about him who does not have (the means) to do so? He said: Then let him assist the needy, the aggrieved. It was said: What do you say of one who cannot even do this? He said: Then he should enjoin what is reputable or what is good. He said: What about him if he cannot do that? He (the Prophet) said: He should then abstain from evil, for verify that is Sadaqa on his behalf.

No. 2203

This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.

No. 2204

Hammam b. Munabbih reported that-this is out of (those ahadith) which Abu Huraira narrated to us from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). And he while making a mention of ahadith reported from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said this: Sadaqa is due on every joint of a person, every day the sun rises. Administering of justice between two men is also a Sadaqa. And assisting a man to ride upon his beast, or helping him load his luggage upon it, is a Sadaqa; and a good word is a Sadaqa; and every step that you take towards prayer is a Sadaqa, and removing of harmful things from the pathway is a Sadaqa.




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