Question
Is this narration reliable?
Sayyiduna Mu’adh ibn Jabal (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was once walking with someone when he removed a stone from the path. The man asked Sayyiduna Mu’adh, ‘Why did you do so?’
He replied, ‘I heard Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) say, ‘Whoever removes a stone [or harmful object] from the path, one good deed is recorded for him. And whoever has an [accepted] good deed will enter Jannah’
Answer
Imam Tabarani and Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahumallah) have recorded this narration.
(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 198, vol. 20 and Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 10660)
‘Allamah Mundhiri and Hafiz Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators of Tabarani reliable.
(Targhib, vol. 3, pg. 619 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 3, pg. 135)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar
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