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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 35 for the next salat after one is finished. This is your striving in the cause of Allah (Muslim). 132. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who observes the salats of Fajr and Asr with diligence will enter Paradise (Bokhari and Muslim). 133. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a servant of Allah falls ill or goes on a journey he is credited with the equal of whatever he used to do in his state of health or when he was at home (Bokhari). 134. Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet said: Every good deed is charity (Bokhari). Muslim has reported the same on the authority of Huzaifah. 135. Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a Muslim plants a tree. then whatever is eaten from it is charity on his part and whatever is stolen is charity and whatever is subtracted from it is charity (Muslim). Another version is: If a Muslim plants a tree or sows a field and men and beasts and birds eat from it, all of it is charity on his part. 136. Jabir relates that the Bani Salimaḥ decided to move nearer to the mosque. On learning this the Holy Prophet said to them: I have heard that you intend to move nearer to the mosque. They said: That is so, Messenger of Allah, we intend to do that. He said: Bani Salimah, keep to your homes, your footprints are recorded; Bani Salimah, keeps to your homes, your footprints are recorded (Muslim). Another version adds; Every step you take towards the mosque enhances your rank. 137. Ubayy ibn Ka'ab relates: There was a person whose house was farthest from the mosque than that of anyone I knew and he never missed a. Prayer service. I said to him: Why do you not purchase a donkey that you could ride in the dark and in the heat? He said: I would not like that my residence should be close to the mosque. I desire that my walking to the mosque and my return home therefrom should be recorded to my credit. The Holy Prophet said to him: Allah has credited all that to your account (Muslim) Another version adds: All that you do with a good motive is credited to you. 138. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates that the Holy Prophet said: There are forty types of virtue (the highest of them being the loan of a she-camel yielding milk) whichever of them is practised in the hope of its reward and relying on its promise would lead its practitioner to Paradise (Bokhari). 139. Adiyy ibn Hatim relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Shield yourselves against the Fire, even if it be by giving away half a date in charity (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is that the Holy Prophet said: There is not one of you but that his Lord will speak to him without the intervention of an interpreter. He will look to his right and will behold only his deeds and will look to his left and see only his deeds. He will look in front and will only see the Fire close to his face. Then shield yourselves against the Fire, even if it be by giving away half a date in charity, and if even that should be lacking, by saying a good word. 140. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: It pleases Allah that a