Reward of helping a believer
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 304
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْیَمَانِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ یُعِینُ مُؤْمِناً مَظْلُوماً إِلَّا کَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ صِیَامِ شَهْرٍ وَ اعْتِکَافِهِ فِی الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَ مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ یَنْصُرُ أَخَاهُ وَ هُوَ یَقْدِرُ عَلَی نُصْرَتِهِ إِلَّا وَ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَهِ وَ مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ یَخْذُلُ أَخَاهُ وَ هُوَ یَقْدِرُ عَلَی نُصْرَتِهِ إِلَّا خَذَلَهُ اللَّهُ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَهِ.
1. My father رحمه الله said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from his father from Hamad b. Isa from Ibrahim b. Umar al-Yamani from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: “One who helps an oppressed believer its reward is better than that of fasting for a month and performing Etekaf in Masjidul Haraam. One who is capable of helping a Muslim and helps him, the Almighty Allah will help him in the world and the hereafter. If a believer is being backbited and a person capable of helping him remains silent and does not defend him, the Almighty Allah will make him deprived in the world and the hereafter.”