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tabarani:20308 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Zaynab b. Um Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] She said, "O Messenger of Allah, my clan, Banu Abi Salama, are in my house and they have nothing except what I have spent on them. Will I be rewarded if I spend on them?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes, spend on them and you will be rewarded for what you have spent on them."  

الطبراني:٢٠٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ بَنِي أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فِي حِجْرِي وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا مَا أَنْفَقْتُ فَلِي أَجْرٌ إِنْ أَنْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَكِ أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ»  

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bukhari:1467 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah > Hishām from his father > Zaynab Āb.ah Um Salamah > Um Salamah

(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall I receive a reward if I spend for the sustenance of Abu Salama's offspring, and in fact they are also my sons?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Spend on them and you will get a reward for what you spend on them."  

البخاري:١٤٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ {عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ} قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلِيَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَلَى بَنِي أَبِي سَلَمَةَ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنِيَّ فَقَالَ أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَكِ أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:26642 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Zaynab Āb.ah Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] She said, "O Messenger of Allah, my family of Abu Salamah are in my care. They have nothing except what I spend on them, and I am not leaving them any inheritance like this or like that. Will I be rewarded if I spend on them?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Spend on them, for you will be rewarded for what you spend on them."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ بَنِي أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فِي حِجْرِي وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا مَا أَنْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَسْتُ بِتَارِكَتِهِمْ كَذَا وَلَا كَذَا أَفَلِي أَجْرٌ إِنْ أَنْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّ لَكِ أَجْرَ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ  

bayhaqi:7761 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, verily the family of Abu Salama are in my care and they have nothing except what I have spent on them, and I am not leaving them with anything specific. So, do I have a reward if I spend on them?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Spend on them, for you will have a reward for what you spend on them."  

البيهقي:٧٧٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ بَنِي أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فِي حَجْرِي وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا مَا أَنْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَسْتُ بِتَارِكَتِهِمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلِي أَجْرٌ إِنْ أَنْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّ لَكِ أَجْرَ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ