Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28127

Al-Ansari narrated to us, Ma’an narrated to us, Malik narrated to us, on the authority of Safwan bin Sulaym, referring it to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. He said: “The one who seeks after the widow The poor person is like one who strives in the cause of God, or like one who fasts during the day and prays at night.” Al-Ansari told us, Ma'an told us, Malik told us, on the authority of Thawr ibn Zaid al-Dili, on the authority of Abu al-Ghaith, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, similar to that. This hadith is a good, strange and authentic hadith. Abu Al-Ghaith’s name is Salem, the client of Abdullah bin Muti’ and Thawr bin Zaid Madani. Thawr ibn Yazid was a Syrian