نَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، نَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، نَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ . ح وَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ مَاهَانَ ، نَا عِيسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبِرَكِيُّ ، نَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْهِلالِيُّ ، نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَمَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ صَدَقَةً ، وَمَا وَقَى بِهِ الْمَرْءُ عِرْضَهُ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِهِ صَدَقَةً ، وَمَا أَنْفَقَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ فَإِنَّ خَلَفَهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ ضَامِنٌ ، إِلا مَا كَانَ فِي بُنْيَانٍ أَوْ مَعْصِيَةٍ " ، فَقُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ : مَا يَعْنِي وَقَى بِهِ الرَّجُلُ عِرْضَهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : أَنْ يُعْطِيَ الشَّاعِرَ وَذَا اللِّسَانِ الْمُتَّقَى.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every good deed is charity. Whatever a man spends on his wife, on himself, it is written for him as charity. Whatever a man spends to protect his honor, that too is written for him as charity. Whatever a man spends, Allah is its guarantor (i.e., He will grant its reward), except for what is spent on construction or on a sinful act." The narrator says: I asked Muhammad bin Munkadir: "A man protects his honor through it—what does this mean?" He replied: "It means that he gives compensation to a poet or an ill-mannered person (so that he does not behave rudely with him)."