210 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “The rewards of my community were displayed to me—even the recompense for a mere splinter that a man picks up and removes from the mosque.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who judged it singular, and authenticated by Ibn Khuzaymah. (1)

• Status of the hadith
The report is weak, yet it possesses supporting narrations. Abū Dāwūd transmitted it, and al-Tirmidhī remarked, “This is a singular (gharīb) ḥadīth; we know it only through this chain. I mentioned it to al-Bukhārī, but he did not recognize it and deemed it singular, saying, ‘I do not know of al-Muṭṭalib having directly heard from Anas.’” Al-Manāwī cites al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar in Fath al-Qadīr: “Its chain is weak, though it is supported by corroborating reports.”

• Vocabulary notes
– ʿuridhat (“were displayed”): a passive past-tense verb derived from ʿaraḍa, yaʿriḍu, ʿarḍan, meaning to present or bring into view.
– ujūr (“rewards”): plural of ajr, the recompense granted for good deeds; here it functions as the grammatical agent of the passive verb.
– ummatī (“my community”): The Prophet’s ummah is of two types: 1) the ummah of daʿwah, encompassing everyone invited to Islam; and 2) the ummah of response, those who accept that invitation—this is the meaning intended in the ḥadīth.
– al-qadhāh: pronounced with an open qāf and dotted dhāl, then an alif and feminine tāʾ; plural qadhā (pattern of ḥaṣā). Literally, anything that falls into the eye or into a drink; here it refers to small bits of wood or debris.