Category: Zakah (Charity)

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Lesson 40: Hadith 26 & 27

Hadith 26

• Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him – said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Every joint in man has upon it charity every day the sun rises: Administering justice between any two is charity, assisting a man to mount his ride or helping him raise his effects upon it is charity. A nice word is charity, and every step you take going to (perform) the Prayer is charity, and removing harmful things from the way is charity.” [Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]
• The explanation of this hadith is split into 3 parts
• We did part 1 in the previous Lesson: Recap

• The number of joints in the human body is 360 in number
• Giving precedence to the word of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) above and beyond anyone else
• The weakness and misguidance of some Muslim theologians and academics in this regard
• Why is there a charity due upon our joints?
• The two rak’aat of the duha prayer (forenoon)

Part 2: Different forms of charity

• Every single act of worship a person does is a sadaqah (charity)
• Examples given by the Prophet (ﷺ)
• Charity can be divided into two parts:
  • The benefit is Limited to yourself only, e.g. the prayer 
  • The benefit of the charity extends to others too
• Both forms of charity are legitimate
• Charity can also be categorised as statement based or action based
• What is meant by a goodly word?
• Bringing about reconciliation and the importance of doing this only when one has the ability to carry this out, i.e. not just jumping into it but rather using wisdom

Part 3: Summary of Benefits

• 1. There is a charity due upon every single joint of the human being every day
• 2. Bringing about reconciliation between two people
• 3. The Muslim is encouraged to help others
• 4. An encouragement to engage in good speech
• 5. The virtue of walking to the mosque
• 6. The virtue of removing something harmful from the path

Hadith 27