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ahmad:17191al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdānaʿan al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whatever you feed yourself is a charity for you, and your children, and your spouse, and your servant."  

أحمد:١٧١٩١حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَعَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَوَلَدَكَ وَزَوْجَتَكَ وَخَادِمَكَ  


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tabarani:17832al-Ḥusayn b. al-Samaydaʿ al-Anṭākī > Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣūrī > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, what you feed your wife is charity for you, and what you feed your child is charity for you, and what you feed your servant is charity for you, and what you feed yourself is charity for you."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٣٢حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ السَّمَيْدَعِ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»