Hadith 9866

Chapter 36

باب 36

(36) باب فَضْلِ إِزَالَةِ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ،

(36) Chapter: The Virtue Of Removing A Harmful Thing From The Road
168
حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فِي شَجَرَةٍ قَطَعَهَا مِنْ ظَهْرِ الطَّرِيقِ كَانَتْ تُؤْذِي النَّاسَ " .


Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that he saw a person enjoying himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a source of inconvenience to the people.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1914 d

In-book reference: Book 45, Hadith 168

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 32, Hadith 6341