Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 3146
✧ Preferred forms of voluntary charity
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا أَبْقَتْ غِنًى، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ، تَقُولُ امْرَأَتُكَ: أَنْفِقْ عَلَيَّ أَوْ طَلِّقَنِي، وَيَقُولُ خَادِمُكَ: أَنْفِقْ عَلَيَّ أَوْ بِعْنِي، وَيَقُولُ وَلَدُكَ: إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي "
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machine translationAbū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ informed us, Al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq narrated to us, Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb narrated to us, Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr narrated to us, Ḥammād b. Zayd narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah,
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He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best charity is that which leaves one self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand. Begin with those you are responsible for supporting. Your wife says: Spend on me or divorce me; your servant says: Spend on me or sell me; and your child says: To whom are you leaving me?"
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