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Hadith · EXCERPT

A good word is charity

Source

Sahih al-Bukhari 2989

Book 56, Hadith 198

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What It Means: Reading in Context

This clause is one example in a narration about daily charity. Other examples include settling fairly between people, helping someone with a mount or luggage, steps towards prayer and removing a harmful object from a path. The quotation preserves the translation’s parenthetical wording and its term Sadaqa, meaning charity. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 2989. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.

REFLECTION · EDITORIAL

Offer a sincere word of appreciation or encouragement when it is useful. Let your words be truthful, specific and considerate of the person receiving them.

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