Chapter: The Excellence of Performing Acts of Kindness

1 – Abu Bakr ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Qurashi, known as Ibn Abi al-Dunya, narrated to us; he said: Saʿid ibn Muhammad al-Jarmi narrated to us; he said: Abu Tumayla Yahya ibn Wadih narrated to us; he said: Bishr ibn Muhammad al-Umawi narrated from Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan, from Fatimah bint Husayn, from Bilal, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Every act of kindness is charity. Kindness shields against seventy kinds of affliction and protects from an evil death. On the Day of Resurrection, kindness and wrongdoing will each appear as distinct entities before mankind: kindness will cling to its people, leading and driving them to Paradise, while wrongdoing will cling to its people, leading and driving them to the Fire.’”