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tabarani:21133ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways from my father > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Rāʾiṭah b. ʿAbdullāh Āmraʾah Ibn Masʿūd Um And Ladih Wakānat Āmraʾah Ṣanāʿ Walays Liāb. Masʿūd Māl Wakānat Tunfiq ʿAlayh Waʿalá Waladih from Thaman Ṣanʿatihā > Wa-al-Lh Laqad Shaghaltanī Ant Wawaladuk > al-Ṣadaqah Famā Astaṭīʿ > Ataṣaddaq Maʿakum Bishayʾ > Mā Uḥib

[Machine] "I do not like it if you do not have any reward in doing so," so she asked the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , while she was in this state. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman with a skill that I seek to earn by, but I and my husband do not have anything, nor do my children. They keep me busy, so I cannot give in charity." He said, "You will have a reward for whatever you spend on them."  

الطبراني:٢١١٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ رَائِطَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللهِ امْرَأَةِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أُمِّ وَلَدِهِ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً صَنَاعًا وَلَيْسَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مَالٌ وَكَانَتْ تُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى وَلَدِهِ مِنْ ثَمَنِ صَنْعَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالَ

مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هِيَ وَهُوَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ صَنْعَةٍ أَبْتَغِي بِهَا وَلَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِزَوْجِي شَيْءٌ وَلَا لِوَلَدِي فَشَغَلُونِي لَا أَتَصَدَّقُ فَقَالَ «لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ مَا أَنْفَقَتِ عَلَيْهِمْ»  


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ahmad:16085Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Ibn Abū al-Zinād And Sulaymān b. Dāwud > ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > ʿUrwah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah

[Machine] About Ra'itah, the wife of Abdullah. She was a weaver and used to sell her products and give in charity. One day, she said to Abdullah, "You and our child have occupied me so much that I am unable to give in charity with you." He replied, "What I dislike is if there is no reward for doing so. So, they asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this matter. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "You will have the reward for whatever you spend on them."  

أحمد:١٦٠٨٥حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ

عَنْ رَائِطَةَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً صَنَاعًا وَكَانَتْ تَبِيعُ وَتَصَدَّقُ فَقَالَتْ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ يَوْمًا لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي فَسَأَلَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَكِ أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ذِكْرُ كِتْبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْأَجْرَ الْجَزِيلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا أَنْفَقَتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا وَعِيَالِهَا مِنْ مَالِهَا

ibnhibban:4247ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm Abū Muḥammad al-Khaṣīb > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Rayṭah Āmraʾah ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd Um Waladih Wakānat Āmraʾah Ṣanāʿ Walays Liʿabd Allāh b. Masʿūd Māl Wakānat Tunfiq ʿAlayh Waʿalá Waladih from Thamarah Ṣanʿatihā > Wa-al-Lah Laqad Shaghaltanī Ant Wawaladuk > al-Ṣadaqah Famā Astaṭīʿ > Ataṣaddaq Maʿakum > Mā Uḥib

[Machine] "What I do not like is if you do not have any reward in return for doing it, so she asked the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, whether or not she has any reward in supporting them financially, as she is a woman and has a craft from which she sells, but neither her husband nor her children have anything to support themselves and they keep her occupied, so she cannot give charity. Is there any reward for me in spending on them? He (the Messenger) replied, "You will have a reward for whatever you spend on them, so spend on them."  

ابن حبّان:٤٢٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَصِيبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ عُرْوَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ رَيْطَةَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أُمِّ وَلَدِهِ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً صَنَاعًا وَلَيْسَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مَالٌ وَكَانَتْ تُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى وَلَدِهِ مِنْ ثَمَرَةِ صَنْعَتِهَا وَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ فَقَالَ

مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هُوَ وَهِيَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ وَلِيَ صَنْعَةٌ فَأَبِيعُ مِنْهَا وَلَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِزَوْجِي وَلَا لِوَلَدِي شَيْءٌ وَشَغَلُونِي فَلَا أَتَصَدَّقُ فَهَلْ لِي فِي النَّفَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَجْرٍ؟ فَقَالَ «لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ»  

bayhaqi:7760Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq Waʾabū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Rayṭah b. ʿAbdullāh Āmraʾah ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd Waʾum Waladih Wakānat Āmraʾah Ṣannāʿah Walays Liʿabd Allāh b. Masʿūd Māl Wakānat Tunfiq ʿAlayh Waʿalá Waladih from Thaman Ṣanʿatihā > Wa-al-Lh Laqad Shaghaltanī Ant Wawaladuk > al-Ṣadaqah Famā Astaṭīʿ > Ataṣaddaq Maʿakum > Mā Uḥib

[Machine] I don't like it if you don't have a reward for doing it, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked her about it, and she said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who has a craft that I sell, and I do not have anything for myself, my children, or my husband, which keeps me occupied so I cannot give charity. Do I have a reward for that?" The Prophet ﷺ said to her, "You will have a reward for whatever you spend on them, so spend on them."  

البيهقي:٧٧٦٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ رَيْطَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللهِ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأُمِّ وَلَدِهِ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً صَنَّاعَةً وَلَيْسَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مَالٌ وَكَانَتْ تُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى وَلَدِهِ مِنْ ثَمَنِ صَنْعَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ فَقَالَ

مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هِيَ وَهُوَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّنِي امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ صَنْعَةٍ أَبِيعُ مِنْهَا وَلَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِوَلَدِي وَلَا لِزَوْجِي شَيْءٌ فَشَغَلُونِي فَلَا أَتَصَدَّقُ فَهَلْ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ مَا أَنْفَقَتِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَنْفَقِي عَلَيْهِمْ