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أَبُو صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ عَنْ حَكِيمٍ

tabarani:3129[Chain 1] Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > Abū Ṣāliḥ ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Abū Ṣāliḥ a freed slave of Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] He asked the Prophet ﷺ , "Which charity is best?" He said, "Start with those whom you are responsible for, and charity is better given in secrecy."  

الطبراني:٣١٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «ابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى»  


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muslim:1034Muḥammad b. Bashhār And Muḥammad b. Ḥātim And Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Ibn Bashhār > Yaḥyá > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

The most excellent Sadaqa or the best of Sadaqa is that after giving which the (giver) remains rich and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin from the members of your household.  

مسلم:١٠٣٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ قَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ أَوْ خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ  

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:14531Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2534)   

أحمد:١٤٥٣١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

ahmad:14728Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "The best charity is the one given out of surplus wealth, and start with those whom you are responsible for. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."  

أحمد:١٤٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ صَدَقَةٌ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِالسُّفْلَى  

ahmad:9613Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best charitable act is that done when one is wealthy, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand. Start with those who are dependent on you." Yahya once said, "There is no charity except from one's surplus wealth."  

أحمد:٩٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَقَالَ يَحْيَى مَرَّةً لَا صَدَقَةَ إِلَّا مِنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى  

ahmad:9122Abū Aḥmad > Maʿqil / Ibn ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

"The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2534)   

أحمد:٩١٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِغِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

ahmad:7155Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

"The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2534)   

أحمد:٧١٥٥حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا صَدَقَةَ إِلَّا عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى 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  

ahmad:10511Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2534)   

أحمد:١٠٥١١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَةُ عَنْظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى 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 مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنَى الْمَرْءِ

ibnhibban:3345ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá b. ʿAbdān Biʿaskar Mukram > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar al-Baḥrānī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: "The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and start with those for whom you are responsible."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2544)   

ابن حبّان:٣٣٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدَانَ بِعَسْكَرِ مُكْرَمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ الْبَحْرَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»  

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:3765a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best charity is that which is practiced by a wealthy person. And start giving first to your dependents." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1426)   

السيوطي:٣٧٦٥a

"أفْضَلُ الصَّدَقِةَ ما كان عن ظهرِ غنىً، وابدأ بمن تَعُولُ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر
suyuti:291-16bĀbdaʾ Biman Taʿūl And al-Ṣṣadaqah
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السيوطي:٢٩١-١٦b

"سَأَلْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ أَىُّ الصَّدقَةِ أَفْضَل؟ قَالَ: ابْدَأ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ، والصَّدَقَةُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن حكيم بن حزام