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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
nasai-kubra:6460 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

"O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; can I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What kind of charity is best?" He said: "Providing drinking water." And that is the drinking-fountain of Sa'd in Al-Madinah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3666)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ» فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:3664 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; shall I give in charity on her behalf?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'What kind of charity is best?' He said: 'Providing drinking water.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَأَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ سَقْىُ الْمَاءِ  

nasai:3666 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

"O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; can I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What kind of charity is best?" He said: "Providing drinking water." And that is the drinking-fountain of Sa'd in Al-Madinah.  

النسائي:٣٦٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ سَقْىُ الْمَاءِ فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ  

ahmad:22459 – Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

"O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; can I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What kind of charity is best?" He said: "Providing drinking water." And that is the drinking-fountain of Sa'd in Al-Madinah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3666)  

أحمد:٢٢٤٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ فَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ قَالَ فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ آلِ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ  

ahmad:23845 – Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

[Machine] To the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "My mother has passed away, so should I give charity on her behalf?" He replied: "Yes." He then asked: "Which charity is the best?" He said: "Giving water to drink." He said: "That is the watering place of the family of Sa'd in Madinah." Shu'bah said: "So I asked Qatadah, who says that it is the watering place of the family of Sa'd?" Al-Hasan said: "Yes."  

أحمد:٢٣٨٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ قَالَ فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ آلِ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ مَنْ يَقُولُ تِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ آلِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ  

tabarani:5379 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Wakīʿ > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; shall I give in charity on her behalf?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'What kind of charity is best?' He said: 'Providing drinking water.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3664)   

الطبراني:٥٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ»  

nasai-kubra:6458 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; shall I give in charity on her behalf?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'What kind of charity is best?' He said: 'Providing drinking water.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3664)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ»