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Sahih Muslim 84b — Helping Workers as a Good Deed
Clarifying that faith in Allah most high is the best of deeds
Helping Others Hadith: A Slight Wording Difference from Abu Dharr
Sahih Muslim : 84b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 84b
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ عَبْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُرَاوِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِنَحْوِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " فَتُعِينُ الصَّانِعَ أَوْ تَصْنَعُ لأَخْرَقَ " .
Muhammad b. Abu Rafi' narrated the hadith on the authority of Abu Dharr with a slight difference.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 84bIn-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 157USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 1, Hadith 150
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 84b
This report says that Muhammad b. Abu Rafi narrated the Hadith from Abu Dharr with a slight difference. The wording highlighted here mentions helping the artisan or making something for the unskilled worker. The main topic is charity through help. It is useful for readers searching Sahih Muslim 84b explanation because it shows that some Hadith entries preserve small wording details instead of repeating the whole report. The teaching should not be stretched beyond the text. What is clear is that useful help for people who work or lack skill is treated as a good deed in the related wording. It also shows careful preservation of narration differences.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report preserves a slight wording difference from Abu Dharr's narration.
- Helping a worker is presented as a meaningful good deed.
- Making something for an unskilled person is included in the wording.
- Hadith collections may record small wording differences for accuracy.
