Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

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What Has Been Related About Honoring the Elder

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Hadith 44

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ENGLISH

Safwan bin Sulaim narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"The one who looks after a widow and a poor person is like the Mujahid in the cause of Allah, or like the one who fasts all the day and stands (in prayer) all the night."

ARABIC

‏ السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ كَالَّذِي يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ ‏