حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ مَالِکِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ مُتَقَارِبُونَ فَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً فَظَنَّ أَنَّا اشْتَقْنَا أَهْلَنَا وَسَأَلَنَا عَمَّنْ تَرَکْنَا فِي أَهْلِنَا فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ وَکَانَ رَفِيقًا رَحِيمًا فَقَالَ ارْجِعُوا إِلَی أَهْلِيکُمْ فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ وَمُرُوهُمْ وَصَلُّوا کَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي وَإِذَا حَضَرَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَکُمْ أَحَدُکُمْ ثُمَّ لِيَؤُمَّکُمْ أَکْبَرُکُمْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 6009
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was walking on a road. he became very thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man said to himself "This dog is suffering from the same state of thirst as I did." So he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He said, "(Yes) There is a reward for serving any animate (living being) ."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020