Hadith 2865
Narrated Abu Hurairah: A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Messenger of Allah, which sadaqah (charity) is the best ? He replied: (The best sadaqah is) that you give something as sadaqah (charity) when you are healthy, greedy, expect survival and fear poverty, and not that you postpone it until your death. and then you say: For so-and-so is such-and-such, and for so-and-so is such-and-such, while it was already for so-and-so.
Hadith 2866
Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death.
Hadith 2867
حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
عَبْدُ الْصَّمَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُدَّانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي
شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ ، أَنَّ
أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً ، ثُمَّ يَحْضُرُهُمَا الْمَوْتُ فَيُضَارَّانِ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ فَتَجِبُ لَهُمَا النَّارُ " ، قَالَ : وَقَرَأَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : هَذَا يَعْنِي الأَشْعَثَ بْنَ جَابِرٍ ، جَدُّ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man or a woman acts in obedience to Allah for sixty years, then when they are about to die they cause injury by their will, so they must go to Hell. Then Abu Hurairah recited: "After a legacy which you bequeath or a debt, causing no injury. . . that will be the mighty success. Abu Dawud said: Al-Ashath bin Jabir is the grandfather of Nasr bin Ali.