Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
Sahih Muslim 2982صحيح مسلم 2982
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ - وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ - وَكَالْقَائِمِ لاَ يَفْتُرُ وَكَالصَّائِمِ لاَ يُفْطِرُ " .
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: One who makes efforts (for earning to be spent) on a widow and the destitute is like a striver in the cause of Allah, and I think he also said: He is like one who constantly stands for prayer and observes fast without breaking it.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبد الله بن مسلمة ← مالك بن أنس بن مالك ← ثور بن زيد ← سالم ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Abdullah ibn Maslama → Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik → Thawr ibn Zayd → Salim → Abu Huraira