´Thawban narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:` "The most virtuous of the Dinar is the Dinar spent by a man on his dependants, and the Dinar spent by a man on his beast in the Cause of Allah, and the Dinar spent by a man on his companions in the Cause of Allah." Abu Qilabah (one of the narrators) said: " He began with the dependants." Then he said: "And which man is greater in reward than a man who spends upon his depandants, having little ones by which Allah causes him to abstain (from the unlawful) and by which Allah enriches him."
Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 1966
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح، ابن ماجة (2760)
Hadith Takhrij«صحیح مسلم/الزکاة 12 (994) ، سنن ابن ماجہ/الجھاد 4 (2760) ( تحفة الأشراف : 2101) ، و مسند احمد (5/277، 279، 284) (صحیح)»