Hadith 3621

عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ رَائِطَةَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأُمِّ وَلَدِهِ وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً صَنَّاعَةَ الْيَدِ، قَالَ: فَكَانَتْ تُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى وَلَدِهِ مِنْ صَنْعَتِهَا، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ لَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: وَاللَّهِ! مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي، فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ صَنْعَةٍ أَبِيعُ مِنْهَا وَلَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِوَلَدِي وَلَا لِزَوْجِي نَفَقَةٌ غَيْرُهَا، وَقَدْ شَغَلُونِي عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ بِشَيْءٍ فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ أَجْرٍ فِيمَا أَنْفَقْتُ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّ لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ))
Lady Ra’itah, the wife of Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with her), who was also the mother of his children, narrates that she was a skilled woman and used to spend on her husband and his children from her earnings. She says: One day I said to my husband, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him): “You and your children have deprived me of giving charity; because of you people, I am unable to give anything in charity.” Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: “If you do not get a reward for this, then I do not approve of you giving that charity.” Upon hearing this, I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I am a skilled woman and make things to sell, but my children, my husband, and I have no other source of income except this, so because I spend on them, I am deprived of giving charity. Will I get a reward for spending on them?” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You should spend on them, for whatever you spend on them, you will be rewarded.”
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب الزكاة / 3621
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