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[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Carry me." He replied, "I do not have anything to carry you with, but go to so-and-so as he has something to carry you with." So he went to him and he carried him. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever directs someone to do good, it is as if he has done it himself."  

الطبراني:١٤٧٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زُنْبُورٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْيَرْبُوعِيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ احْمِلْنِي فَقَالَ «مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكَ وَلَكِنِ ائْتِ فُلَانًا فَإِنَّ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَحْمِلُكُ» فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَهُوَ كَفَاعِلِهِ»  

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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  

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  

bayhaqi:17844 – Abū Muḥammad b. al-Muʾammal > Abū ʿUthmān al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash Fadhakarah Illā

[Machine] He said, "I can't find anyone to carry you, but go to so-and-so." So he went to him and carried him, then came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. The Prophet said, "Whoever directs to good will have a reward like the doer of that good."  

البيهقي:١٧٨٤٤ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْمُؤَمَّلِ أنبأ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكَ وَلَكِنِ ائْتِ فُلَانًا فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ