Sedekah dan zikir

Hadis

Abu Dharr, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, the rich have taken away all the rewards. They observe the prayer as we do, and they keep the fasts as we do, and they give sadaqah (charity) from their surplus riches." Upon this he (the Prophet) said: "Has Allah not prescribed for you (a course) by following which you can also do sadaqah? Verily in every tasbih (i.e. saying Subhanallah) there is a sadaqah, every takbir (i.e. saying Allahu Akbar) is a sadaqah, every tahmid (i.e. saying Alhamdulillah) is a sadaqah, every tahlil (i.e. saying Lailaha illallah) is a sadaqah, enjoining of good is a sadaqah, forbidding of evil is a sadaqah, and having sexual intercourse with your wife is a sadaqah. They (the Companions) said: "O Messenger of Allah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual passion among us?" He said: "Tell me, if he were to devote it to something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward."

Huraian

Hadis ini menunjukkan betapa luasnya pintu sedekah. Zikir, kata-kata yang baik, usaha mendamaikan orang, bantuan kepada orang lain dan pelbagai bentuk kebajikan boleh menjadi sedekah. Maknanya, peluang berbuat baik tidak terhad kepada orang yang mempunyai harta; setiap Muslim boleh memberi manfaat melalui masa, tenaga dan akhlaknya.

Huraian ini ditulis semula dalam Bahasa Melayu sebagai sintesis asal berdasarkan Sharh Arba'een an-Nawawi oleh Dr. Jamal Ahmed Badi, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), fortyhadith.iiu.edu.my. Ia bukan salinan atau terjemahan langsung daripada teks ulasan sumber.