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Abu Mas'ud al-Badri reported that the Prophet ﷺ 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