Calling to right guidance and forbidding depravity
باب الدلالة على خير والدعاء إلى هدى أو ضلالة
Riyad as-Saliheen, Book of Miscellany(view book)
Abu Mas'ud 'Uqbah bin 'Amr Al-Ansari Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action".
[Muslim].
وعن أبي مسعود عقبة بن عمرو الأنصاري البدي رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "من دل على خير فله مثل أجر فاعله" ((رواه مسلم)).
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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone calls others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those who follow him (in righteousness) without their reward being diminished in any respect, and if anyone invites others to follow error, the sin, will be equivalent to that of the people who follow him (in sinfulness) without their sins being diminished in any respect".
[Muslim].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: "من دعا إلى هدى كان له من الأجر مثل أجور من تبعه لا ينقص ذلك من أجورهم شيئاً، ومن دعا إلى ضلالة كان عليه من الإثم مثل آثام من تبعه لا ينقص ذلك من آثامهم شيئاً" ((رواه مسلم)).
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Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Khaibar Battle, "I will give this banner to a person at whose hands Allah will grant victory; a man who loves Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and Allah and His Messenger love him also." The people spent the night thinking as to whom it would be given. When it was morning, the people hastened to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Every one of them was hoping that the banner would be given to him. He (the Prophet ﷺ) asked, "Where is 'Ali bin Abu Talib?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah! His eyes are sore." He ﷺ then sent for him and when he came, Messenger of Allah ﷺ applied his saliva to his eyes and supplicated. 'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) recovered as if he had no ailment at all. He ﷺ conferred upon him the banner. 'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said: ''O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight against them until they are like us?" Thereupon he (the Prophet ﷺ) said, "Advance cautiously until you reach their open places; thereafter, invite them to Islam and inform them what is obligatory for them from the Rights of Allah, for, by Allah, if Allah guides even one person through you that is better for you than possessing a whole lot of red camels".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن العباس سهل بن سعد الساعدي رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله ﷺ قال يوم خيبر: "لأعطين الراية غداً رجلا يفتح الله على يديه، يحب الله ورسوله، ويحبه الله ورسوله" فبات الناس يدوكون ليلتهم أيهم يعطاها. فلما أصبح الناس غدوا على رسول الله ﷺ: كلهم يرجو أن يعطاها، فقال: "أين علي بن أبى طالب؟" فقيل: يا رسول الله هو يشتكي عينيه قال: "فأرسلوا إليه" فأتي به ، فبصق رسول الله ﷺ في عينيه، ودعا له، فبرأ حتى كأن لم يكن به وجع، فأعطاه الراية. فقال علي رضي الله عنه : يا رسول الله أقاتلهم حتى يكونوا مثلنا؟ فقال: "انفذ على رسلك حتى تنزل بساحتهم، ثم ادعهم إلى الإسلام، وأخبرهم بما يجب عليهم من حق الله تعالى فيه، فوالله لأن يهدي الله بك رجلاً واحداً خير لك من حمر النعم" ((متفق عليه)).
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Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
A young man from the tribe of Aslam said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I wish to fight (in the Cause of Allah) but I do not have anything to equip myself with (for fighting)". He (the Prophet ﷺ) said, "Go to so- and-so, for he had equipped himself (for fighting) but he fell ill." So he (the young man) went to him and said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ sends you his greetings and says that you should give me the equipment that you have provided yourself with." The man said (to his wife or servant): "O so-and-so, give him the equipment I have collected for myself and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah, if you withhold anything from him, we will not be blessed therein".
[Muslim].
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه أن فتى من أسلم قال: يا رسول الله إني أريد الغزو وليس معي ما أتجهز به؟ قال: "ائت فلانا فإنه قد كان تجهز فمرض" فأتاه فقال: إن رسول الله ﷺ يقرئك السلام ويقول: أعطني الذي تجهزت به، فقال: يا فلانة أعطيه الذي تجهزت به، ولا تحبسي منه شيئاً ، فوالله لا تحبسين منه شيئاً فيبارك لك فيه. ((رواه مسلم)).