Fatwa ID: 06351

Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

Question:

Is there a hadith on if you feed a person, you get the reward for their ibadat?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It was narrated from Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani (Ra) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will have a reward like theirs, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.” (Sunan ibn Majah, 1746)

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (Ra) narrated: The Prophet ﷺ said: “Associate only with a believer, and let only a God-fearing man eat your meals.” (Abu Dawood, 4832; Tirmidhi, 2395)

By feeding a God-fearing man, a person would be energising him to worship. If a person helps another in doing good, he also gets the reward of that doing good, even if he himself did not do it (Ihdaadud Deebaajah, Pg 406)

عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُصَاحِبْ إِلاَّ مُؤْمِنًا وَلاَ يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلاَّ تَقِيٌّ

من أعان أخاه المسلم علي خير و بر فأن له مثل أجر هذا الخير و لو لم يفعله ‏

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Only Allah knows best.

Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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