Hadith 68

Sahih Muslim

Book 12: The Book of Zakat

Chapter 16

The word charity (Sadaqah) may apply to all good deeds Ma'ruf

باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ اسْمَ الصَّدَقَةِ يَقَعُ عَلَى كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1007b
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَخِي، زَيْدٌ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ مِثْلَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوْ أَمَرَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّهُ يُمْسِي يَوْمَئِذٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid with the same chain of transmitters except with (a slight) change of words (i.e. he [the Holy Prophet]) said:

Or he enjoined what is good, ... and said: He enters the evening [i.e. he walks till evening].