Every act of goodness is charity
Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Every act of goodness is charity."
«كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ».
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that every goodness and benefit for others, whether in words or deeds, is regarded as a charity, and its doer obtains a reward for it.
معروف : المعروف اسم جامع لكل ما فيه نفع للآخرين من قول أو فعل.
The Hadīth indicates that charity is not limited to what a person spends out of his money, but it includes everything good a person says or does to others.
It encourages us to do what is good and beneficial to others.
We should not belittle any act of goodness, even if it was simple.
Sahīh Al-Bukhāri (8/ 11) (6021).
Sahīh Muslim (2/ 697) (1005).
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منحة العلام في شرح بلوغ المرام.
لعبد الله الفوزان (10/ 117).
توضيح الأحكام من بلوغ المرام.
للبسام (7/ 341).