Ibn 'Abbas said, "There are 360 joints and each of them owes sadaqa
every single day. Every good word is sadaqa. A man's helping his brother
is sadaqa. A drink of water which he gives is sadaqa. Removing something
harmful from the road is sadaqa."
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلاَءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالاَ فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ، مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "When two people revile each other, the responsibility
for what they say rests on the first to speak as long as the one who wronged
does not become excessive."
Umm ad-Darda' reported that a man came up to her and said, "A man
has said bad things about you in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Malik.' She said,
"We are suspected of something which we did not do. How often we have been
praised for what we did not do!"
