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tabarani:21135Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Rāʾiṭah Āmraʾah ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I am a woman with a skill that I seek to earn with, and I have nothing for me nor for my husband, nor for my children who distract me, so I do not give charity." He said, "You will have a reward for what you spend on them."  

الطبراني:٢١١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ رَائِطَةَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ صَنْعَةٍ أَبْتَغِي بِهَا وَلَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِزَوْجِي شَيْءٌ وَلَا لِوَلَدِي يَشْغَلُونِي فَلَا أَتَصَدَّقُ فَقَالَ «لَكِ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ»  


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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