صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الزكاةThe Book of Zakat
باب فَضْلِ النَّفَقَةِ عَلَى الْعِيَالِ وَالْمَمْلُوكِ وَإِثْمِ مَنْ ضَيَّعَهُمْ أَوْ حَبَسَ نَفَقَتَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ:Chapter: The virtue of spending on one's family and slaves, and the sin of the one who neglects them or withholds maintenance from them
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، كلاهما ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، قَالَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ : حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَفْضَلُ دِينَارٍ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ ، وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " ، قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ : وَبَدَأَ بِالْعِيَالِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ : وَأَيُّ رَجُلٍ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى عِيَالٍ صِغَارٍ ، يُعِفُّهُمْ أَوْ يَنْفَعُهُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَيُغْنِيهِمْ .
Thauban reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The most excellent dinar is one that a person spends on his family, and the dinar which he spends on his animal in Allah's path, and the dinar he spends on his companions in Allah's path. Abu Qilaba (one of the narrators) said: He (the narrator) started with family, and then Abu Qilaba said: Who is the person with greater reward than a person who spends on young members of his family (and thus) preserves (saves them from want) and by virtue of which Allah brings profit for them and makes them rich.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Spending on others in relation to oneself is a cause of greater reward.
➋ Fulfilling the necessary expenses of wife and children is obligatory. Spending beyond reasonable limits falls under extravagance, which is not a good habit. Spending on unlawful purposes or giving to wife and children for such expenses is a sin.
➌ Whatever is spent for acquiring items used in jihad and for keeping them in proper condition is also included among the most virtuous expenditures.
➍ During jihad, one should be mindful of each other's needs. At such times, spending on one's companions is also an act of jihad and a cause of great reward.
➊ Spending on others in relation to oneself is a cause of greater reward.
➋ Fulfilling the necessary expenses of wife and children is obligatory. Spending beyond reasonable limits falls under extravagance, which is not a good habit. Spending on unlawful purposes or giving to wife and children for such expenses is a sin.
➌ Whatever is spent for acquiring items used in jihad and for keeping them in proper condition is also included among the most virtuous expenditures.
➍ During jihad, one should be mindful of each other's needs. At such times, spending on one's companions is also an act of jihad and a cause of great reward.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2760
