33/38. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1893b — Guiding to Good Transmission
The virtue of helping the warrior who is fighting in the cause of Allah with mounts etc., and looking after his family in his absence
Guiding to Good: A Second Chain of the Same Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 1893b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1893b
وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ .
The above tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1893bIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 196USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4666
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1893b
This entry says the previous tradition was handed down through a different chain of transmitters. The teaching connected to it is the well-known Hadith: one who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer. Since the translation here does not add a new story, the focus should remain on transmission and the same meaning. For readers searching Sahih Muslim 1893b, the report confirms that this guidance-to-good Hadith was carried through another chain. It reminds us that helping is not limited to doing everything ourselves. In the connected narration, a man simply points the needy person toward someone who can provide help, and that guidance is praised.
What we learn from this hadith
- This entry preserves the previous Hadith through another chain.
- The connected teaching is about guiding someone to good.
- The reward mentioned is similar to the reward of the doer.
- The translation does not add a new separate event.
