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bayhaqi:7766Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr Waʾabū Bakr al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū ʿUtbah > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿd Yakrib

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah advises you to be good to your mothers, then advises you to be good to your fathers, then advises you to be good to your closest relatives, then next closest." Al-Miqdam said, "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whatever you give as food to yourself, your children, your spouse, and your servant, it is charity.'"  

البيهقي:٧٧٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَاضِي قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عُتْبَةَ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِ يَكْرِبَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ يُوصِيكُمْ بِأُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ثُمَّ يُوصِيكُمْ بِآبَائِكُمْ ثُمَّ يُوصِيكُمْ بِالْأَقْرَبِ فَالْأَقْرَبِ 7766 قَالَ الْمِقْدَامُ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ وَوَلَدَكَ وَزَوْجَكَ وَخَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ