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Whoever guides to a good deed will get the same reward as the doer of that deed

Abu Mas‘ūd al-Ansāri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My camel has become exhausted, so give me a mount." He replied: "I do not have any." Someone said: "O Messenger of Allah, I can guide him to one who will give him a mount." Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever guides to a good deed will get the same reward as the doer of that deed."
Narrated by Muslim

Explanation

A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said that his camel had become exhausted and asked for a mount to carry him. But the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said he had no mount to give him. So, a man who was present said: O Messenger of Allah, I will guide him to someone who will give him a mount. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) told that man that he will also have a reward like the donor himself because he guided the person who needed a mount to him.

Hadeeth benefits

  1. We are urged to guide others to goodness.
  2. Encouragement of goodness is one of the causes of solidarity and integration within Muslim society.
  3. The Hadīth shows the great bounty of Allah.
  4. It gives a general rule that applies to all acts of goodness.
  5. If a person cannot grant the request of someone in need, he should guide him to someone else.