حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ – يَعْنِي الْخَزَّازَ – عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ 

Book [45]: The book of virtue, enjoining good manners, and joining of the ties of kinship
Chapter [43]: It is recommend to show a cheerful countenance when meeting others

Ḥadīth [2626]: It is narrated on the authority of Abī Dharr (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: Allāh’s Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said to me: “Don’t consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.”

• Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (1782 (1/474))
• Sunan at-Tirmidhī (1833)
• Bulūgh al-Marām (1261 (1/516))
• Musnad Aḥmad (21519 (35/408)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]
• Musnad Aḥmad (21411 (16/7)) [Aḥmad Shākir]
• Musnad al-Bazzār (3962 (9/380))

• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān (468 (2/214))
• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān (523 (2/282-283))
• Sharḥ as-Sunnah (1689 (6/197))
• Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn (121, 695 & 892)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (7245 (2/1213))

Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)