Islam > Hadiths > Virtues and manners > There are forty good qualities, the best of which is the lending of a milch goat. Anyone c…
Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن أبي محمد عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما ، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : «أربعون خَصْلَة: أعلاها مَنيحةُ العَنز، ما من عامل يَعمل بِخَصْلة منها؛ رجاء ثوابها وتصديق مَوْعُودِها، إلا أدخله الله بها الجنة».
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encourages his Ummah to do goodness that involves, as he mentioned, forty good qualities. He mentioned only one quality, which is the best of them, and kept the rest unknown. This quality is the case when a sheep owner lends a poor person a milch goat to benefit from its milk and return it after meeting his/her need to its owner. This Hadīth indicates that righteous deeds are easy and numerous, and thus people should compete in doing them.
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