Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 20894a
"مَنْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ نَفَقَةً يَسْتَعِفُّ بِهَا فَهي لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَنْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَأهْلِ بَيتِهِ فَهِيَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ".
Translation
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"Whoever spends on himself an expenditure by which he remains chaste, it is for him a charity. And whoever spends on his wife, his child and his household, it is for him a charity."
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Notes
أَبو الشيخ، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أَبي أُمامة
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