Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 21 of 372
Assistance towards righteousness and piety
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 21 : Ahadith 177 – 180
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ
“Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety)”.
[Al-Mā’idah 5:2]
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ﴿١﴾ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ﴿٢﴾ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ﴿٣﴾
“By Al-`Asr (the time). Verily, man is in loss. Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth [i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma`ruf) which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar) which Allah has forbidden], and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah’s Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad)”.
[Al-‘Aṣr 103:1–3]
177 Khalid Al-Juhani (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “He who equips a warrior in the way of Allah (will get the reward of the one who has actually gone for Jihad); and he who looks after the family of a warrior in the way of Allah will get the reward of the one who has gone for Jihad”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
178 Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a detachment to Banu Lahyan tribe and remarked, “Let one of every two men get ready to advance, and both will earn the same reward”.[Muslim].
179 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across a party of mounted men at Ar-Rauha and asked them, “Who are you?” They answered: “We are Muslims, and who are you?” He said, “I am the Messenger of Allah.’‘ A woman from among them lifted a boy up to him and asked: “Can this one go on Hajj?” He ﷺ said, “Yes, and you will have the reward.”[Muslim].
180 Abu Musa (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The honest Muslim trustee who carries out duties assigned to him (in another narration he said, “Who gives”), and he gives that in full, with his heart overflowing with cheerfulness, to whom he is ordered, he is one of the two givers of charity”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].