An Analysis of the Hadits, “Whoever Assists a Mu’min in Distress ...”
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from An Analysis of the Hadits , “Whoever Assists a Mu’min in Distress, Allah ( s.w.t. ) Will Grant Him Seventy-Three Rewards …” , on the 16 th May 2014, by Ustadz Muntaswir Zaman. In Hilyat al-Awliya’ , Imam Abu Nu’aym Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Aswbahani ( r.a. ) reported on the authority of Sayyidina Abu ‘Abdullah Tsawban ibn Bujdud ( r.a. ) that the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ) said, “Whoever relieves a distressed believer, Allah ( s.w.t. ) will Grant him seventy-three counts of Forgiveness, by one of which, He will Amend his worldly life and afterlife, and the seventy-two, He will Return to him in full on the Day of Judgement.” Thereafter, Imam Abu Nu’aym ( r.a. ) wrote, “It is rare from the hadits of Farqad, and we have only written it from this route.” The hadits has also been reported on the authority of Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik ( r.a. ) with variations in the wording through...