Hadith #39
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِ
ي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ مَنَحَ مَنِيحَةً وَرِقًا أَوْ ذَهَبًا أَوْ سَقَى لَبَنًا أَوْ أَهْدَى زِقَاقًا فَهُوَ كَعَدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ
Isnad Chain
زيد بن الحباب
حسين بن واقد حدثن
English Translation
Zayd ibn al-Ḥubāb narrated to us: Ḥusayn ibn Wāqid narrated to us: Simāk ibn Ḥarb narrated to me, from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr رضي الله عنه who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever lends something, or gives milk to drink, or guides through a path, or gifts a water-skin — it is equivalent to freeing a slave.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 39
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17677
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54067