“The one who looks after a widow and a needy person is like one striving in the path of Allah; and I believe he said: like one who stands in prayer without ceasing, and like one who fasts without breaking his fast.” Al-Bukhari also narrated it (5353, 6006, and 6007), and in one version he did not say, “and I believe.” Ibn Hibban narrated it in his Sahih (2431) according to the first version, and al-Haythami cited it in Zawaʾid Ibn Hibban (2047), but he erred.

2883 — “Have you treated them equally?” That is, his son and his daughter, in kissing them.

Al-Bazzar narrated it in his Musnad (2 / 378 / 1893) from Abd Allah ibn Musa; Ibn al-Aʿrabi in his Muʿjam (182 / 1); and Abu al-Qasim al-Hamadhani in al-Fawaʾid (1 / 3 / 2), the latter two both through Abd Allah ibn Muʿadh al-Sanʿani, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, who said: A man was sitting with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when his son came to him. He took him, kissed him, and seated him on his lap. Then his daughter came to him, and he placed her at his side. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then said the above words.

Al-Bazzar said: “We know of no one who narrated it from Maʿmar except Abd Allah; he was from Sanʿa and later moved to Mecca.” I say: Kashf al-Astar has “Abd Allah ibn Musa,” but I think that “Musa” is a corruption of “Muʿadh.” This is correct, as it appears in the other two sources. He is trustworthy, as are those above him; thus, the chain is authentic.

Al-Haythami said in al-Majmaʿ (8 / 156): “Al-Bazzar narrated it and said: ‘One of our companions—whom he did not name—narrated it to us,’ while the rest of its narrators are trustworthy.” I say: He is corroborated in the other two sources by two narrators: