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ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِمَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ

ibnhibban:3334 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Fudayk > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuraḥbīl > Abū Saʿīd

The Prophet ﷺ said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2866)   

ابن حبّان:٣٣٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لِأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَصِحَّتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ» *  

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abudawud:2866 – Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Abū Fudayk > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuraḥbīl > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Prophet ﷺ said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death.  

أبو داود:٢٨٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ  

suyuti:17086a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٧٠٨٦a –

"لأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بدِرْهَم خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةِ دِرْهَم عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ".  

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