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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الزكاة
The Book of Zakat
(الصَّدَقَةُ فِي الصِّحَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ)
(Charity in good health is better than charity at death)
Mishkat al-Masabih 1870 — Charity in good health is better than
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةٍ عِنْدِ مَوته» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported God’s messenger as saying, “It is better for a man to give a dirham as sadaqa during his lifetime than to give a hundred at the time of his death.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.
