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tabarani:14384Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Kathīr b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim a freed slave of Muʿāwiyah > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] He asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best?" He said, "Serving a slave in the way of Allah and providing a mount for a rider or a plow for a farmer."  

الطبراني:١٤٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «خِدْمَةُ عَبْدٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ أَوْ طَرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ»  


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tirmidhi:1626Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Zayd b. Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Kathīr b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī

That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which charity is most virtuous?" He said, "The service of a worshipper in the cause of Allah, or providing the shade of tent, or mount in the cause of Allah."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith has been reported from Mu'awiyah bin Salih in Mursal form.And Zaid has been contradicted concerning part of its chain. He said: And Al-Walim bin Jamil has reported this Hadith from Al-Qasim Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet ﷺ.
الترمذي:١٦٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الطَّائِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ خِدْمَةُ عَبْدٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ ظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ أَوْ طَرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مُرْسَلاً وَخُولِفَ زَيْدٌ فِي بَعْضِ إِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ وَرَوَى الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ahmad:22321ʿAbdullāh And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū Bikhaṭ Yadih Waʾaẓun Annī Qad Samiʿtuh > from al-Ḥakam > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Muṭṭariḥ b. Yazīd al-Kinānī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which charity is most virtuous?" He said, "The service of a worshipper in the cause of Allah, or providing the shade of tent, or mount in the cause of Allah." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1626)   

أحمد:٢٢٣٢١قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي بِخَطِّ يَدِهِ وَأَظُنُّ أَنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنَ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ مُطَّرِحِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ ظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ خِدْمَةُ خَادِمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ طَرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

hakim:2452Abū al-Faḍl al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-ʿAdl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Kathīr b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī

That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which charity is most virtuous?" He said, "The service of a worshipper in the cause of Allah, or providing the shade of tent, or mount in the cause of Allah." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1626)  

الحاكم:٢٤٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْعَدْلُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الطَّائِيُّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «خِدْمَةُ عَبْدٍ أَوْ ظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ أَوْ طَرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
tabarani:7916Muḥammad b. Jābān > Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Walīd b. Jamīl > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which charity is most virtuous?" He said, "The service of a worshipper in the cause of Allah, or providing the shade of tent, or mount in the cause of Allah." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1626)   

الطبراني:٧٩١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابَانَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَاتِ ظِلُّ فُسْطَاطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ طُرُوقَةُ فَحْلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ