kindness
Your Smile is an Act of Charity
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."
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Let your face carry warmth today — your smile is a form of worship and a gift to others.
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