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suyuti:651-254bAbiá Hurayrah
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السيوطي:٦٥١-٢٥٤b

"عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ قَال: قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ الله: أيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: جهْد الْمُقِلِّ، وَابْدأ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ".  

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abudawud:1677Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Yazīd b. Khālid b. Mawhab al-Ramlī > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿdah > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible.  

أبو داود:١٦٧٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ جُهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ  

ahmad:7348Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj

[Machine] Narrated Abu Hurairah: The best charity is that which is given while one is self-sufficient, and start with those who depend on you.  

أحمد:٧٣٤٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ يَعْنِي عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ  

ahmad:8702Ḥujayn > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿdah > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1677)  

أحمد:٨٧٠٢حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ جُهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ  

hakim:1509Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Bukayr > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿdah > Abū Hurayrah > Yā

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1677)  

الحاكم:١٥٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «جَهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الصَّدَقَةِ إِخْرَاجَ الْمُقِلِّ بَعْضَ مَا عِنْدَهُ

ibnhibban:3346Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Khālid b. Mawhab > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿdah > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1677)  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «جُهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»  

bayhaqi:7772Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Bukayr > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿdah > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1677)   

البيهقي:٧٧٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ جَهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ  

suyuti:3775a

Abu Hurairah reported I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, What kind of sadaqah is most excellent? He replied What a man with little property can afford to give; and begin with those for whom you are responsible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1677)   

السيوطي:٣٧٧٥a

"أفْضَلُ الصدقِة: جَهْدَ المُقلِّ، وابدأ بمن تَعُولُ"  

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