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bukhari:2260 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Abū Burdah > Jaddī Abū Burdah > Abīh Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The honest treasurer who gives willingly what he is ordered to give, is one of the two charitable persons, (the second being the owner).

البخاري:٢٢٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَدِّي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ الْخَازِنُ الأَمِينُ الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ طَيِّبَةً نَفْسُهُ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقَيْنِ

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A trustee who gives charity at the request of the owner gets rewarded for charity

bukhari:2319 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The Prophet ﷺ said, "An honest treasurer who gives ˹in charity˺ what he is ordered to give ˹by the owner˺ fully, perfectly and willingly to the person to whom he is ordered to give, is regarded as one of the two charitable persons."

البخاري:٢٣١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «الْخَازِنُ الأَمِينُ الَّذِي يُنْفِقُ»، وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: «الَّذِي يُعْطِي مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ كَامِلاً مُوَفَّرًا طَيِّبٌ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى الَّذِي أُمِرَ بِهِ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقَيْنِ».