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Bayhaqi 15696 — The virtue of spending on one's family

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ اللَّخْمِيُّ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، ثنا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ، ح قَالَ: وَأنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ، ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، نا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ، ح قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، نا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالُوا: نا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُنِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ وَهُوَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ أَحَدُنَا بِالْأَرْضِ الَّتِي هَاجَرَ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ: " يَرْحَمُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ابْنَ عَفْرَاءَ " قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ قَالَ: " لَا " قُلْتُ: فَبِالشَّطْرِ قَالَ: " لَا " قُلْتُ: فَبِالثُّلُثِ قَالَ: " الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَدَعْ وَرَثَتَكَ أَغْنِيَاءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَدَعَهُمْ عَالَةً يَتَكَفَّفُونَ النَّاسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَإِنَّكَ مَهْمَا أَنْفَقْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ ⦗٧٦٩⦘ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةَ تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِكَ وَعَسَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ بِكَ قَوْمًا وَيَضُرَّ بِكَ آخَرِينَ " وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا ابْنَةٌ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came (to visit me in my illness) while I was in Makkah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked that any of us should die in the land from which we had emigrated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on the son of Afra'." I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "I wish to bequeath all my wealth." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: "Then half?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: "A third?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A third, and a third is a lot. That you leave your heirs rich is better than that you leave them poor, stretching out their hands to people. Whatever you spend on your family is charity, even the morsel that you raise to your wife's mouth is charity. And it may be that Allah will benefit one people through you and harm others through you." At that time he had only one daughter.
Bukhari recorded it in the Sahih from Abu Nu'aym and Muhammad bin Kathir, and Muslim recorded it through another chain from Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him).
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النفقات / 15696
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