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Hadith 55

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ " .
Narrated Abu Mas'ud: The Prophet said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الإيمان / 55
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
1.
Some actions are such that, outwardly, they do not appear to be acts of obedience; a person performs them according to the demands of his nature, and at most, they can be described as good social conduct. However, if the presence of intention is established—that is, if sincerity (ikhlas) is produced—then this action becomes an act of obedience.
Spending on one’s family with the intention of reward is a cause for reward; if there is no presence of intention, but rather one spends cheerfully without the intention of attaining reward,
then in this way the responsibility will be fulfilled, but there will be no reward.

2.
The intelligent and wise person is the one who seeks Allah’s pleasure at all times; thus, through the presence of intention, even his sleeping becomes a means of nearness (to Allah). For example, at night, when going to sleep, he intends that he will wake up early in the morning and perform the Fajr prayer in congregation; sleeping with this intention, due to being a prelude to worship, becomes a cause for reward.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 55
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
When a person spends on his wife and children, although this is his responsibility and included among his obligations, if this spending is done with the intention of attaining reward, then it becomes a cause of reward and recompense. And if he spends on something that is not his responsibility, then that will, all the more so, be a cause of reward.

In any case, it is a person’s duty to fulfill the expenses of his wife, young children, and adult offspring who are poor and unable to earn. And if this is done with the intention of reward, then he will not be deprived of reward and recompense.

And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5351
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
In the narration, there is mention of Abu Mas’ud Badri radi Allahu anhu.
This is the correspondence between the hadith and the chapter.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4006
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:

Benefits and Issues:
Recitation and supplication, whether within the prayer or outside of it, should be raised according to the appropriate time and place. In prayers where recitation is to be audible (jahri prayers), the recitation and the supplication of qunoot should be done in a raised voice so that the followers (muqtadis) can hear it. Similarly, on occasions of need during collective supplication, the imam should raise his voice to some extent, but at no point should moderation and balance be neglected.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1002
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Urdu marginal note:
Spending for the necessities of one's family is also charity (sadaqah), meaning that reward will also be attained from this, provided that one has the intention.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2546