Thinking about death

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5245

نَزَعَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ إِمَّا كَانَ فِي شَجَرَةٍ فَقَطَعَهُ وَأَلْقَاهُ وَإِمَّا كَانَ مَوْضُوعًا فَأَمَاطَهُ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ

nazaʿa rajulun lam yaʿmal khayran qaṭṭu ghuṣna shawkin ʿani aṭ-ṭarīqi immā kāna fī shajaratin faqaṭaʿah wa-āhu wa-immā kāna mawḍūʿan fa-amāṭah fashakara-Llāh lah bihā fa-adkhalah al-jannaha

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man never did a good deed but removed a thorny branch from the road; it was either in the tree and someone cut it and threw it on the road, or it was lying in it, he removed it. Allah accepted this good deed of his and brought him into Paradise

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5245

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Hasan Sahih
  • Hasan Sahih
  • Sahih
  • Sahih Bukhari (2472) Sahih Muslim (1914 After 2617)
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