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tabarani:14755 – [Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been wronged, so please help me." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I have nothing to help you with." Another man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I can guide him to someone who can help him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward similar to the doer of that good."  

الطبراني:١٤٧٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَا ثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي يَعْنِي قُطِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي فَقَالَ «لَيْسَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا أَدُلُّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ»  

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
muslim:1893a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb And Ibn Abū ʿUmar Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

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 (the Holy Prophet) said: I have none with me. A 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.  

مسلم:١٨٩٣a – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

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  

abudawud:5129 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

A man came to the prophet (May peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah! I have been left without a mount. So give me a mount. He replied: I have no mount to give, but go to so and so; he may perhaps give you a mount. He then went to him and he gave him a mount. He came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and informed him about it. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: if anyone guides someone to a good (deed), he will get the reward like the reward of the one who does it.  

أبو داود:٥١٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي قَالَ لاَ أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنِ ائْتِ فُلاَنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَكَ فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ  

tirmidhi:2671 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Badrī

that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ looking for a mount, he said: 'Mine has been ruined.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Go to so-and-so.' So he went to him and he gave him a mount. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever leads to good, then for him is the same reward as the one who does it - or - who acts upon it.'"  

الترمذي:٢٦٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُبْدِعَ بِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ائْتِ فُلاَنًا فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ أَوْ قَالَ عَامِلِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيُّ اسْمُهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ وَأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيُّ اسْمُهُ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ وَلَمْ يَشُكَّ فِيهِ
ahmad:22339 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

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 (the Holy Prophet) said: I have none with me. A 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. (Using translation from Muslim 1893a)   

أحمد:٢٢٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَلَا أَدُلُّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ  

ahmad:17084 – Ibn Numayr And Yaʿlá And Muḥammad / Āb.ay ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

A man came to the prophet (May peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah! I have been left without a mount. So give me a mount. He replied: I have no mount to give, but go to so and so; he may perhaps give you a mount. He then went to him and he gave him a mount. He came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and informed him about it. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: if anyone guides someone to a good (deed), he will get the reward like the reward of the one who does it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5129)   

أحمد:١٧٠٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَيَعْلَى وَمُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَيْ عُبَيْدٍ قَالُوا أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي قَالَ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ ائْتِ فُلَانًا فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بُدِعَ بِي  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يَكُونُ لَهُ كَأَجْرِ مَنْ صَلَّى بِأَذَانِهِ

ibnhibban:1668 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Muḥammad b. Khāzim > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

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 (the Holy Prophet) said: I have none with me. A 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. (Using translation from Muslim 1893a)   

ابن حبّان:١٦٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ عِنْدِي» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا أَدُلُّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ»  

bayhaqi:17843 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been wronged, so help me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I do not have anything to help you with." Then, the man said, "Shall I guide you, O Messenger of Allah, to someone who can help me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever guides someone to good, will have a reward similar to the one who does it." Abu Abdullah said in his narration, "Abu Muawiyah said, 'I have been wronged,' meaning he was killed."  

البيهقي:١٧٨٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَى مَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ مِثْلُ فَاعِلِهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةُ أُبْدِعَ بِي يَقُولُ قُطِعَ بِي  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ