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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الزكاة
Book of Zakah
بَابُ أَفْضَلِ الصَّدَقَةِ
Chapter: The best charity
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 970 — The best charity
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وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ هُوَ ابْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ مُنْيَةَ ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ : كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ ، فَقَالَ يَوْمًا : خَيْرُكُنَّ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا . فَقَامَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ تَضَعُ يَدَهَا عَلَى الْجِدَارِ ، فَقَالَ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : لَسْتُ أَعْنِي هَذَا ، وَلَكِنْ أَعْنِي أَصْنَعَكُنَّ يَدًا .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine pure wives. One day he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of you is the one whose hand is the longest." Hearing this, all the pure wives stood up and began placing their hands on the wall (to measure the length). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), making the reality clear, said: "I do not mean this (outward length); rather, I mean the one among you who is the most skilful and hardworking (that is, the one who gives charity from the earnings of her own hands)."
