There are fourteen virtues
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There are forty virtues, the highest of them being to lend a milch-goat. No one performs any one of them, hoping for its reward and believing in what is promised for it, except that Allah will admit him to Paradise because of it.”
Hassan said: So we counted what is below lending a milch-goat, such as returning a greeting, saying the tashmiyah 'yarḥamuk Allāh' (may Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes, removing harm from the road, and the like, but we were not able to reach fifteen virtues.
قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «أَرْبَعُونَ خَصْلَةً، أَعْلَاهُنَّ: مَنِيحَةُ الْعَنْزِ، ما مِنْ عَامِلٍ يَعْمَلُ بِخَصْلَةٍ منها رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِها، وَتَصْدِيقَ مَوْعُودِها، إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ بِها الْجَنَّةَ»
قالَ حَسَّانُ: فَعَدَدْنا ما دُونَ مَنِيحَةِ الْعَنْزِ، مِنْ رَدِّ السَّلَامِ، وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ، وَإِمَاطَةِ الأَذَى عن الطَّرِيقِ وَنَحْوِهِ، فَما اسْتَطَعْنا أَنْ نَبْلُغَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ خَصْلَةً.
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