رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 549
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- 549
Chapter 59
Chapter context: Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah
- باب الكرم والجود والإنفاق فى وجوه الخير ثقة بالله تعالى
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Original Arabic
عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما أن رجلاً سأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : أى الإسلام خير؟ قال:
تطعم الطعام، وتقرأ السلام على من عرفت ومن لم تعرف
. ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
A man asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), "Which act in Islam is the best?" He (ﷺ) replied, "To feed (the poor and the needy) and to greet those whom you know and those you do not know." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 549 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 549 under the chapter “Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 550
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