Sunan Abi Dawud 5245
سنن أبي داود#5245SahihNarrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man never did a good deed but removed a thorny branch from the road; it was either in the tree and someone cut it and threw it on the road, or it was lying in it, he removed it. Allah accepted this good deed of his and brought him into Paradise
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniHasan Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan Sahih
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari (2472) Sahih Muslim (1914 After 2617)
In-book reference: 43:473