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 بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ مُزَاحِمِ بْنِ زُفَرَ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " دِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، وَدِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي رَقَبَةٍ ، وَدِينَارٌ تَصَدَّقْتَ بِهِ عَلَى مِسْكِينٍ ، وَدِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ ، أَعْظَمُهَا أَجْرًا الَّذِي أَنْفَقْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Of the dinar you spend as a contribution in Allah's path, or to set free a slave, or as a sadaqa given to a needy, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spent on your family.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Spending on one’s family and providing for their sustenance and needs is a personal responsibility of a person and is obligatory (fard). And it is evident that fulfilling an obligation (fard) is a person’s foremost responsibility, and its reward is also the greatest. Because other deeds are not obligatory (fard ‘ayn) at every occasion or at all times, therefore their rank comes afterwards. After fulfilling the obligatory acts, the turn comes for the voluntary (nafl) acts.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2311
