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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ عَلَى الْأَقْرَبِ فَالْأَقْرَبِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهَا، عَلَى الْأَبْعَدِ فَالْأَبْعَدِ

ibnhibban:3337 – Ismāʿīl b. Dāwud b. And Rdān al-Bazzāz Bi-al-Fusṭāṭ > ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it was narrated that he said to his companions one day, "Give in charity." A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar." He said, "Spend it on yourself." He said, "I have another one." He said, "Spend it on your wife." He said, "I have another one." He said, "Spend it on your child." He said, "I have another one." He said, "Spend it on your servant." He said, "You are the most knowledgeable of your own affairs (what would benefit you most)."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ الْبَزَّازُ بِالْفُسْطَاطِ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمًا لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَصَدَّقُوا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ «إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ » أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ « قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ » أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ « قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي آخَرَ قَالَ» أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ «  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:2535 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Give charity.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a Dinar.' He said: 'Spend it on yourself.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your wife.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your son.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your servant.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'You know best (what to do with it)."'  

النسائي:٢٥٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَصَدَّقُوا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ  

abudawud:1691 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: You know best (what to do with it).  

أبو داود:١٦٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ قَالَ زَوْجِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ  

ahmad:10086 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: You know best (what to do with it). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1691)   

أحمد:١٠٠٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَثَّ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ  

ahmad:7419 – Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: You know best (what to do with it). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1691)   

أحمد:٧٤١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَصَدَّقُوا قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ  

hakim:1514 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharzah > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Aḥmad b. Sayyār > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah > Amar

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: You know best (what to do with it). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1691)  

الحاكم:١٥١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرْزَةَ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَيَّارٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَنْبَأَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجِكَ» أَوْ قَالَ «عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
ibnhibban:4233 – Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar, what should I do with it?" He ﷺ said, "Spend it on yourself." He said, "I have another one, what should I do with it?" He ﷺ said, "Spend it on your family." He said, "I have another one." He ﷺ said, "Spend it on your children." He said, "I have another one." He ﷺ said, "Spend it on your servant." He said, "I have another one, what should I do with it?" He ﷺ said, "You know best."  

ابن حبّان:٤٢٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ نَفَقَةَ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعِيَالِهِ تَكُونُ لَهُ صَدَقَةً

ibnhibban:4235 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Give charity.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a Dinar.' He said: 'Spend it on yourself.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your wife.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your son.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'Spend it on your servant.' He said: 'I have another.' He said: 'You know best (what to do with it)."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2535)  

ابن حبّان:٤٢٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَثَّ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ فَقَالَ « تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ»  

nasai-kubra:9137 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to give sadaqah. A man said: Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it on yourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it on your servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: You know best (what to do with it). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1691)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ»  

bayhaqi:15734 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Ḥamzah b. Abū al-Maʿrūf al-Faqīh > Abū ʿAmr Ismāʿīl b. Nujayd al-Sulamī > Abū Muslim al-Baṣrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ encouraged giving charity, and a man came and said, "I have a dinar," so he said, "Spend it on yourself." He said, "I have another one," so he said, "Spend it on your child." He said, "I have another one," so he said, "Spend it on your wife." He said, "I have another one," so he said, "Spend it on your servant." He said, "I have another one," so he said, "You are the most knowledgeable of your own affairs."  

البيهقي:١٥٧٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نُجَيْدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ أنا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ نا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَثَّ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ