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Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every correct action is sadaqa."

الأدب المفرد:٢٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ

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All good deeds are charity

bukhari:6021 – ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ghassān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "˹Doing˺ all that is good is a charity."

البخاري:٦٠٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ»

muslim:1005 – [Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh

Every act of goodness is sadaqa.

مسلم:١٠٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ فِي حَدِيثِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ

abudawud:4947 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ḥudhayfah

Your prophet (May peace be upon him) said : Every good act is a SADAQAH (almsgiving).

أبو داود:٤٩٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ