"Every soul, on every day that the sun rises, owes a charity from itself on behalf of itself."I asked, "Messenger of Allah, what can we give in charity when we have no wealth?"He replied, "Among the gates of charity are saying Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, and Astaghfirullah. And enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, removing thorns, bones, and stones from the people's path, guiding the blind, making the deaf and mute understand until he comprehends, directing one who seeks help to what he needs when you know where it is, hastening with the strength of your legs to the distressed who calls for aid, and lifting with the strength of your arms alongside the weak. All of these are gates of charity from you on behalf of yourself. And there is a reward for you even in intimacy with your wife."Abu Dharr asked, "How can I be rewarded for satisfying my desire?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Tell me, if you had a son who grew up and you hoped for good from him, then he died, would you count it as a matter for reward?"I said, "Yes."He asked, "Did you create him?"I answered, "Rather, Allah created him."He asked, "Did you guide him?"I answered, "Rather, Allah guided him."He asked, "Do you provide for him?"I answered, "Rather, Allah was the one who provided for him."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Likewise, place it in what is lawful for you and keep it away from what is unlawful. If Allah wills, He gives it life, and if He wills, He causes it to die, and you have a reward."
على كل نفس في كل يوم طلعت فيه الشمس صدقة منه على نفسه. قلت: يا رسول الله، من أين أتصدق وليس لنا أموال؟ قال: لأن من أبواب الصدقة التكبير، وسبحان الله والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله، وأستغفر الله، وتأمر بالمعروف وتنهى عن المنكر، وتعزل الشوكة عن طريق الناس والعظم والحجر، وتهدي الأعمى، وتسمع الصم والأبكم حتى يفقه، وتدل المستدل على حاجة له قد علمت مكانها، وتسعى بشدة ساقيك إلى اللهفان المستغيث، وترفع بشدة ذراعيك مع الضعيف، كل ذلك من أبواب الصدقة منك على نفسك، ولك في جماعك زوجتك أجر قال أبو ذر: كيف يكون لي أجر في شهوتي؟ فقال رسول الله ﷺ أرأيت لو كان لك ولد فأدرك ورجوت خيره فمات، أكنت تحتسب به؟ قلت: نعم. قال: فأنت خلقته؟ قال: بل الله خلقه. قال: فأنت هديته؟ قال: بل الله هداه، قال: فأنت ترزقه؟ قال: بل الله كان يرزقه، قال رسول الله ﷺ: كذلك فضعه في حلاله وجنبه حرامه، فإن شاء الله أحياه، وإن شاء أماته، ولك أجر.
Ahmad (21484) narrated it from Abdul-Malik bin Amr, who said, Ali, meaning Ibn Mubarak, told us, from Yahya, from Zayd bin Salam, from Abu Salam, who said, Abu Dharr said, and then he related it. Its chain is sahih. Yahya here is Ibn Abu Kathir. Ali bin Mubarak, who is Hinai, had two books of narrations from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, one containing direct hearing and the other containing transmission without direct hearing, so the hadiths of the Kufans from him contain some issue, and the narrator from him, Abdul-Malik bin Amr, is Qaysi, Abu Amir Aqadi, a Basran.