Abu Dharr is reported as saying, "Your putting some of the water
from your bucket in your brother's bucket is sadaqa. Your removing stones.
thorns and bones from people's path is sadaqa. Your guiding a man in a
place where there are no guides is sadaqa."
Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "If anyone gives a gift or guides down a land
- or a path - that, for him, is equivalent to freeing a slave."
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ كَمَّهَ أَعْمَى عَنِ السَّبِيلِ.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah curses anyone who misguides a blind person and leads him away from the path."
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya said, "Not wise is he who does not deal
correctly with a person whose company he cannot avoid until Allah appoints
for him a release or a way out."
