For this reason Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Take from your health for your illness, and from your life for your death.” This wording appears in the ḥadīth transmitted from Ibn ʿUmar. Whether it is his own statement or a statement of the Prophet ﷺ, the lesson is that a person, while enjoying good health, should seize the opportunity so that, if he later becomes ill, the deeds he used to perform in good health will still be written for him; and that, so long as he is resident, he should be keen to multiply righteous works, so that when he travels the deeds he used to do while at home are still recorded for him. We ask Allah to purify our and your intentions and to rectify our and your deeds.

134 — Eighteenth ḥadīth: Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Every act of kindness is charity.” Recorded by al-Bukhārī, and by Muslim through the narration of Ḥudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him).

[Explanation]
The author—may Allah have mercy on him—in the chapter entitled “The Many Paths to Goodness” cites the report from Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Every act of kindness is charity.”

Maʿrūf (kindness) is whatever the Sacred Law recognizes as good—whether it is a devotional act offered to Allah, or