kindness

Your Smile is an Act of Charity

Hasan
Tirmidhi · 1956·Narrated by Abu Dharr (RA)

تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِرْشَادُكَ الرَّجُلَ فِي أَرْضِ الضَّلاَلِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَبَصَرُكَ لِلرَّجُلِ الرَّدِيءِ الْبَصَرِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِمَاطَتُكَ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّوْكَةَ وَالْعَظْمَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِفْرَاغُكَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي دَلْوِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ

Transliteration

Tabasumuka fī wajhi akhīka laka sadaqah. Wa amruka bil-ma'rūfi wa nahyuka 'anil-munkari sadaqah. Wa irshāduka-r-rajula fī ardid-dalāli laka sadaqah. Wa basaruka lir-rajulir-radī'il-basari laka sadaqah. Wa imātatukal-hajara wash-shawkata wal-'azma 'anit-tarīqi laka sadaqah. Wa ifrāghuka min dalwika fī dalwi akhīka laka sadaqah

Translation

Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity, commanding good and forbidding evil is charity, your giving directions to a man lost in the land is charity for you, your seeing for a man with bad sight is a charity for you, your removal of a rock, a thorn or a bone from the road is charity for you, and your pouring what remains from your bucket into the bucket of your brother is charity for you."

Practice This Today

Let your face carry warmth today — your smile is a form of worship and a gift to others.

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