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Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every act of kindness is sadaqa. Part of kindness is that you offer your brother a cheerful face and you pour some of your bucket into his water vessel."

الأدب المفرد:٣٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ إِنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ وَأَنْ تُفْرِغَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي إِنَاءِ أَخِيكَ

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tirmidhi:1970 – Qutaybah > al-Munkadir b. Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir from his father > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"Every good is charity. Indeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left in your bucket into the vessel of your brother."

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan.

الترمذي:١٩٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُنْكَدِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ وَأَنْ تُفْرِغَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي إِنَاءِ أَخِيكَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

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