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ahmad:22458Hāshim > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, guide me to a charity." He said, "Give water to drink."  

أحمد:٢٢٤٥٨حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ قَالَ اسْقِ الْمَاءَ  


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tabarani:5384Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what charity is best?' He said: 'Giving water to drink.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3684)   

الطبراني:٥٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ قَالَ «اسْقِ الْمَاءَ»