One who leads another toward good will get the same reward as if he did it himself

A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "My riding beast has been killed, so give me some animal to ride upon." He said: "I have none with me." Then another man said, "Messenger of Allah, I can guide him to one who will provide him with a riding beast." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer."

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي, فَقَالَ: «مَا عِنْدِي»، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا أَدُلُّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ».

The above tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.

عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ

A young man from ˹the tribe of˺ Aslam said: “O Messenger of Allah, I want to go on a military expedition, but I do not have anything with which to equip myself.” He said: “Go to so-and-so, for he has already equipped himself.” He fell ill, so he went to him and said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ conveys to you greetings of peace and says: Give me what you have equipped yourself with.” He said: “O so-and-so ˹female person˺, give him what I equipped myself with, and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah, do not withhold anything from it, then it will be blessed for you in it.”

أَنَّ فَتًى مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ وَلَيْسَ مَعِي مَا أَتَجَهَّزُ، قَالَ: «ائْتِ فُلاَنًا فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ تَجَهَّزَ»، فَمَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلاَمَ، وَيَقُولُ أَعْطِنِي الَّذِي تَجَهَّزْتَ بِهِ، قَالَ: يَا فُلاَنَةُ أَعْطِيهِ الَّذِي تَجَهَّزْتُ بِهِ وَلاَ تَحْبِسِي عَنْهُ شَيْئًا، فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ تَحْبِسِي مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، فَيُبَارَكَ لَكِ فِيهِ.

Anybody who equips a warrior (going to fight) in the way of Allah (is like one who actually) fights. And anybody who looks well after his family in his absence (is also like one who actually) fights.

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ غَزَا وَمَنْ خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَدْ غَزَا

The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: He who equips a warrior in the way of Allah (is like one who dctually fights) aud he who looks after the family of a warrior in the way of Allah in fact participated in the battle.

نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنَ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فَقَدْ غَزَا وَمَنْ خَلَفَ غَازِيًا فِي أَهْلِهِ فَقَدْ غَزَا

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched a detachment to Banu Lihyan of Hudhayl and said, “Let one of every two men go forth, and the reward is shared between them.”

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بَعْثًا إِلَى بَنِي لِحْيَانَ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ فَقَالَ: «لِيَنْبَعِثْ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا وَالأَجْرُ بَيْنَهُمَا».

The above tradition has also been narrated through two different chains of transmitters on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri and Yahya, respectively.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعَثَ بَعْثًا بِمَعْنَاهُ وَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُوسَى عَنْ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ

) One man from every two should join the force. Then he said to those who stayed behind: Those of you who will look well after the family and wealth of those who are going on the expedition will be getting half the reward of the warriors.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ إِلَى بَنِي لَحْيَانَ لِيَخْرُجْ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْقَاعِدِ أَيُّكُمْ خَلَفَ الْخَارِجَ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ بِخَيْرٍ كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ أَجْرِ الْخَارِجِ