Volume 4, Book 52, Number 141:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Charity is obligatory everyday on every joint of a human being. If one helps a
person in matters concerning his riding animal by helping him to ride it or by lifting his luggage on
to it, all this will be regarded charity. A good word, and every step one takes to offer the compulsory
Congregational prayer, is regarded as charity; and guiding somebody on the road is regarded as
charity.”

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 105:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “If somebody keeps a horse in Allah’s Cause motivated by his faith in Allah and
his belief in His Promise, then he will be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection for what the horse has
eaten or drunk and for its dung and urine.”

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 112:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, ” Horses are kept for one of three purposes; for some people they are a source
of reward, for some others they are a means of shelter and for some others they are a source of sins.
The one for whom they are a source of reward, is he who keeps a horse for Allah’s Cause (i.e. Jihad)
tying it with a long tether on a meadow or in a garden with the result that whatever it eats from the
area of the meadow or the garden where it is tied will be counted as good deeds for his benefit, and
if it should break its rope and jump over one or two hillocks then all its dung and its foot marks will
be written as good deeds for him; and if it passes by a river and drinks water from it even though he
had no intention of watering it, even then he will get the reward for its drinking. As for the man for
whom horses are a source of sins, he is the one who keeps a horse for the sake of pride and pretense
and showing enmity for Muslims: such a horse will be a source of sins for him. When Allah’s Apostle
was asked about donkeys, he replied, “Nothing has been revealed to me about them except this
unique, comprehensive Verse: “Then anyone who does an atom’s (or a small ant’s) weight of good
shall see it; And anyone who does an atom’s (or a small ant’s) weight of evil, shall see it.’ (101.7-8)

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 94:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever spends two things in Allah’s Cause, will be called by all the gate-keep –
ers of Paradise who will be saying, ‘O so-and-so! Come here.’ ” Abu Bakr said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
Such persons will never be destroyed.” The Prophet said, “I hope you will be one of them.”

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 82:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Five are regarded as martyrs: They are those who die because of plague, ab –
dominal disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and the martyrs in Allah’s Cause.”

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 44:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward).”
He replied, “I do not find such a deed.” Then he added, “Can you, while the Muslim fighter is in the
battle-field, enter your mosque to perform prayers without cease and fast and never break your
fast?” The man said, “But who can do that?” Abu- Huraira added, “The Mujahid (i.e. Muslim fighter)
is rewarded even for the footsteps of his horse while it wanders bout (for grazing) tied in a long
rope.”
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Volume 4, Book 52, Number 46:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The example of a Mujahid in Allah’s Cause– and Allah knows bet –
ter who really strives in His Cause—-is like a person who fasts and prays continuously. Allah guar –
antees that He will admit the Mujahid in His Cause into Paradise if he is killed, otherwise He will re –
turn him to his home safely with rewards and war booty.”

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 48:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle, offer prayer perfectly and fasts the
month of Ramadan, will rightfully be granted Paradise by Allah, no matter whether he fights in Al –
lah’s Cause or remains in the land where he is born.” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle ! Shall we
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acquaint the people with the is good news?” He said, “Paradise has one-hundred grades which Allah
has reserved for the Mujahidin who fight in His Cause, and the distance between each of two grades
is like the distance between the Heaven and the Earth. So, when you ask Allah (for something), ask
for Al-firdaus which is the best and highest part of Paradise.” (i.e. The sub-narrator added, “I think
the Prophet also said, ‘Above it (i.e. Al-Firdaus) is the Throne of Beneficent (i.e. Allah), and from it
originate the rivers of Paradise.”)