السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6007 · Source checked
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Source
Sahih al-Bukhari 6007
Book 78, Hadith 38
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What It Means: Reading in Context
This passage praises sustained care for a widow and a person in poverty. The source also records additional comparisons to prayer and fasting, with an explicit note that the narrator was uncertain about that additional wording. This excerpt uses only the first comparison. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 6007. 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 practical support that protects a person’s dignity: help with an errand, a meal, paperwork, or a reliable contribution within your means. Ask what would actually help.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.