Chapter on the Virtue of Good Deeds

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh · Volume 2 · Section 11 · 17 narrations

Hadith 85

Hadith.1680 - The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "The first to enter Paradise will be kindness and its people, and the first to reach me at the [heavenly] pool."

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Hadith 86

Hadith.1681 - Imam (as) said: "The people of kindness in this world are the people of kindness in the Hereafter."

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Hadith 87

Hadith.1682 - Imam (as) said: "Every act of kindness is charity, and the one who guides towards goodness is like the one who performs it. Allah (swt) loves the relief of the distressed."

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Hadith 88

Hadith.1683 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Perform acts of kindness for everyone. If they are deserving of it, then it is for them; and if not, then you are worthy of it."

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Hadith 89

Hadith.1684 - Imam (as) said: “Any believer who extends kindness to his fellow believer has indeed extended that kindness to the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family)."

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Hadith 90

Hadith.1685 - Imam (as) said: “Kindness is something distinct from almsgiving; therefore, draw closer to Allah (swt), the Glorious and Exalted, through acts of goodness and maintaining family ties."

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Hadith 91

Hadith.1686 - Imam (as) said: “I found kindness to be true to its name, and nothing surpasses kindness except its reward, which is the ultimate purpose of it. Not everyone who desires to perform kindness towards others…

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Hadith 93

Hadith.1688 - The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "The best charity is that given when one is financially capable. Begin with those under your care. The upper hand (the giver) is better…

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Hadith 94

Hadith.1689 - The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Blessings enter a house from which good deeds flow faster than a blade pierces the hump of a camel or water from a flood reaches its destination."

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Hadith 95

Hadith.1690 - Abu Ja'far (as) said: "Everything has a fruit, and the fruit of goodness is hastening to perform it."

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Hadith 96

Hadith.1691 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "I observed that goodness is only perfected through three qualities: minimizing it, concealing it, and hastening it. When you minimize it, you magnify it in the…

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Hadith 97

Hadith.1692 - Imam (as) said to Al-Mufaddal ibn Umar: "O Mufaddal, if you wish to know whether a person is fortunate or wretched, observe to whom he directs his kindness. If he extends it to those who are deserving, then…

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Hadith 98

Hadith.1693 - Imam (as) said: "Indeed, Allah (swt) has granted you these excesses of wealth so that you may direct them where Allah (swt), the Exalted, has commanded. He did not give them to you for hoarding."

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Hadith 99

Hadith.1694 - Imam (as) said: "If people were to take what Allah (swt) commanded them to take and spend it on what He prohibited, He would not accept it from them. And if they were to take what Allah (swt) prohibited and…

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Hadith 100

Hadith.1695 - The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Whoever receives kindness, let him reciprocate it. If he is unable to do so, let him express gratitude. If he does not, then he has…

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Hadith 101

Hadith.1696 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "May Allah (swt) curse those who block the path of kindness." It was asked: "Who are those who block the path of kindness?" Imam (as) replied: "A person to whom…

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