Hadith 2

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 7: Generosity and Orphans

Chapter 72

Kindness to both the pious and the deviant

بَابُ الإِحْسَانِ إِلَى الْبَرِّ وَالْفَاجِرِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 130
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ‏:‏ ‏{‏هَلْ جَزَاءُ الإِحْسَانِ إِلاَّ الإِحْسَانُ‏}‏، قَالَ‏:‏ هِيَ مُسَجَّلَةٌ لِلْبَرِّ وَالْفَاجِرِ‏.‏
Mundhir at-Tawri reported what Muhammad ibn 'Ali (ibn al-Hanafiyya) said about, "Is the repayment of kindness anything except kindness?" He said, "It is not denied to either the pious or the deviant."