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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 33 make it himself. I asked: If one should not have the strength? He said: Restrain thyself from doing harm to anyone for that also is charity towards thyself (Bokhari and Muslim). 118. Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: When you get up in the morning charity is due from every one of your limbs. All glorification of. Allah is charity, all praise of Allah is charity; enjoining good is charity, forbidding evil is charity. Two raka'as of Prayer in the forenoon equal all this (Muslim). 119. Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: I have been shown the deeds of my people, the good and the bad. Among the good I found the removal from a path of that which occasions inconvenience to people, and among the bad, spittal lying unburied in the mosque (Muslim). 120. Abu Dharr relates that some people said to the Holy Prophet: The wealthy walk away with a great deal of merit. They pray as we pray and fast as we fast, but then they are able to give away in charity of their spare wealth. He said: Has not Allah endowed you with that which you can employ for charity?. All glorification of Allah is charity, all praise of Allah is charity, all affirmation of Allah's Unity is charity, all affirmation of Allah's Greatness is charity, enjoining good is charity, forbidding evil is charity, consorting with your wives is charity. They asked: Messenger of Allah, is it that one of us should satisfy his urge and he would be rewarded? He said: If he satisfied his urge unlawfully would it not be sinful? Thus when he satisfies it lawfully it is meritorious (Muslim). 121. Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not disdain doing the least good, even greeting your brother with a cheerful face (Muslim). 122. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Charity is due from every limb of a person on every day on which the sun rises. Doing justice between two persons is charity, to help a person ride his mount or to place his baggage on it is charity, a good word is charity, every step taken to participate in the salat is charity, removing anything from a path which occasions inconvenience is charity (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim has also reported on the authority of Ayesha that the Holy Prophet said: Everyone has been created with three hundred and sixty joints. Then whoever affirms Allah's greatness, praises. Allah, affirms His Unity, proclaims His holiness, asks His forgiveness, removes a stone or thorn or bone from a path frequented by people, enjoins good, or forbids evil to the number of three hundred and sixty, goes about having rescued himself from the Fire. 123. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Whoever walks to the mosque in the morning or the evening, Allah prepares an entertainment for him in Paradise every time he so walks (Bokhari and Muslim). 124. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: O Muslim women, let not a neighbour refrain from sending her neighbour even a goat's shank (Bokhari and Muslim). 125. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Faith has more