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ذِكْرُ كِتَابَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الصَّدَقَةَ لِلْمُسْلِمِ بِمُوَاقَعَةِ أَهْلِهِ

ibnhibban:4167Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Wāṣil a freed slave of Abū ʿUyaynah > Yaḥyá b. ʿAqīl > Yaḥyá b. Yaʿmar > Abū al-Aswad al-Dīlī > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "In the body of each one of you, there is a charity." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, if one of us satisfies his sexual desire, will he receive a reward for that?" He said, "Do you not see that if he were to do it in a prohibited manner, he would be sinful? Likewise, if he were to do it in a permissible manner, he would receive a reward."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «فِي بُضْعِ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةٌ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ أَيَأْتِي أَحَدُنَا شَهْوَتَهُ وَيَكُونُ لَهُ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ فَقَالَ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَرَامِ أَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ وِزْرٌ فَكَذَلِكَ إِذَا وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَلَالِ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ»