Atheists do smile

jobee

And laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8otGR8jto&feature=fvw

hivizman

There is a widely-quoted hadith attributed to Muhammad:

"Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity, your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity."

So smiling certainly seems to be seen as something meritorious for Muslims.

Unfortunately, I have been unable to track down a source for this hadith - it doesn't seem to be in either Bukhari or Muslim, and none of the sites listed by Google where the hadith is quoted provides a reference. Can anyone help out here?

jobee

hivizman wrote: »

There is a widely-quoted hadith attributed to Muhammad:

"Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity, your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity."

So smiling certainly seems to be seen as something meritorious for Muslims.

Unfortunately, I have been unable to track down a source for this hadith - it doesn't seem to be in either Bukhari or Muslim, and none of the sites listed by Google where the hadith is quoted provides a reference. Can anyone help out here?

Seemingly, all we ever had to do was behave ourselves.

Organised religion has divided us.

whydoc

It's in "altargheed and tarheeb" by "Almunthery"

تبسمك في وجه أخيك صدقة وأمرك بالمعروف ونهيك عن المنكر صدقة وإرشادك الرجل في أرض الضلالة لك صدقة وإماطتك الأذى والشوك والعظم عن الطريق لك صدقة وإفراغك من دلوك في دلو أخيك لك صدقة

الراوي: أبو ذر الغفاري المحدث: المنذري - المصدر: الترغيب والترهيب - الصفحة أو الرقم: 3/365
خلاصة حكم المحدث: [إسناده صحيح أو حسن أو ما قاربهما]


hivizman

whydoc wrote: »

It's in "altargheed and tarheeb" by "Almunthery"

Thanks for this. The author of the book, Zakiyyuddin Abdul ‘Adhim bin Abdul-Qawiy bin Abdullah bin Salamah Abu Muhammad Al-Mundziri (or Al-Mundhiri), was born in 581AH (1185/6 CE) and died in 656AH (1258CE). He was a famous scholar of hadith, and produced notable summaries of the hadith collections of Muslim and Abu Dawud. His book Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib (rough translation: "Encouragements and Warnings") is a collection of various hadiths on the theme suggested by the title.

irishconvert

Jobee, your posts are off topic for this forum. Please read the charter.

murphthesmurf

jobee wrote: »

And laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8otGR8jto&feature=fvw

We have a lot to smile and laugh about

jobee

murphthesmurf wrote: »

We have a lot to smile and laugh about

Yes, those pretentious know alls dressed in frocks.