صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزكاة
The 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
Hadith 994
This hadith is listed as number 2310 in Maktaba Shamila
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.
