Jabir said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar.'
He said, 'Spend it on yourself.' The man said, 'I have another.' He said,
'Spend it on your servant (or he said, 'on your child').' The man said,
'I have another.' He said, 'Use it in the Way of Allah, but that is the
least form of sadaqa.'"
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: مَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، وَهُوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا، كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً.
Abu Mas'ud al-Badri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "When someone spends something on his family
and reckons its reward to be with Allah, then it is sadaqa for him."
Narrated Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "There are four dinars:
a dinar which you give to
a poor person, a dinar you give to free a slave, a dinar you spend in the
Way of Allah, and a dinar which you spend on your family. The best of them
is the dinar which you spend on your family."
Thawban reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "The best dinar a man spends is the dinar which he spends
on his family, the dinar which he spends on his companions in the Way of
Allah, and the dinar which he spends on his riding animal in the Way of
Allah."
