Relieving a brother's burden

Arabic

مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ.

Translation

Whoever relieves a believer of a worldly distress, Allah will relieve him of a distress of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever eases one in hardship, Allah will ease him in this life and the next. Whoever covers a Muslim's fault, Allah will cover his. Allah is in the servant's aid as long as the servant is in his brother's aid.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah

Source

Muslim 2699

Commentary

The mechanics of spiritual return. Every category — relief, ease, covering, aid — comes back to you in the same shape, magnified. A rare explicit-tradeoff hadith: the rule is literal.