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"أتدرون أىُّ الصدقةِ أفضلُ؟ المنيحةُ: أن يمنح أحدُكمْ الدرهَم، أو ظهر الدابَّةِ، أو لبن الشاةِ، أو لبنَ البقرةِ"  

[حم] أحمد عن ابن مسعود (ورجاله رجال الصحيح)

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ahmad:4415ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Do you know which charity is the best?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "The best charity is to give a gift to your brother: a dirham, the back of a camel, sheep's milk, or cow's milk."  

أحمد:٤٤١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَجَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْمَنِيحَةُ أَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الدِّرْهَمَ أَوْ ظَهْرَ الدَّابَّةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الشَّاةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الْبَقَرَةِ  

ahmad-zuhd:1801ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, 'Do you know which charity is the best?' They said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'To give a gift to your brother, whether it is a coin, the back of a camel, a sheep's milk, or a cow's milk.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَجَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ» قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «الْمِنْحَةُ أَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَخَاهُ دَرَاهِمَ أَوْ ظَهْرَ الدَّابَّةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الشَّاةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الْبَقَرَةِ»