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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."  

الأدب المفرد:٧٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَهُوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً  

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bukhari:55Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Abū Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.  

البخاري:٥٥حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ  

bukhari:5351Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Anṣārī > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When a Muslim spends something on his family intending to receive Allah's reward it is regarded as Sadaqa for him."  

البخاري:٥٣٥١حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ فَقُلْتُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الْمُسْلِمُ نَفَقَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَهْوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً  

muslim:1002aʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī / Ibn Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Abū Masʿūd al-Badrī

When a Muslim spends on his family seeking reward for it from Allah, it counts for him as sadaqa.  

مسلم:١٠٠٢aحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ نَفَقَةً وَهُوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً  

nasai:2545Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Anṣārī > Abū Masʿūd

"When a man spends on his family, seeking reward for that, that is an act of charity on his part."  

النسائي:٢٥٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَهُوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً