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أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

tabarani:6964 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl al-Muqriʾ > Ibrāhīm b. Salm al-Hujaymī > ʿAwn b. ʿUmārah > Abū Bakr al-Hudhalī > al-Ḥasan > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people do not give charity equivalent to spreading knowledge."  

الطبراني:٦٩٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الْهُجَيْمِيُّ ثنا عَوْنُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَصَدَّقَ النَّاسُ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِثْلَ عِلْمٍ يُنْشَرُ»  

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ذِكْرُ كِتْبَةِ اللَّهِ الصَّدَقَةَ لِلْمُدَارِي أَهْلَ زَمَانِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ ارْتِكَابِ مَا يَكْرَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِيهَا

ibnhibban:471 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān And Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah Wa-al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd Fī Ākharīn > al-Musayyib b. Wāḍiḥ > Yūsuf b. Asbāṭ > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Interacting with people kindly is an act of charity."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا الْمُسَيِّبُ بْنُ وَاضِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مُدَارَاةُ النَّاسِ صَدَقَةٌ»  

tabarani:12656 – Aḥmad b. Zakariyyā Shādhān al-Baṣrī > Kathīr b. ʿUbayd > Khālid b. Yazīd > Abū Rawq > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Muzāḥim > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A middle course is never harmful."  

الطبراني:١٢٦٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا شَاذَانُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي رَوْقٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا عَالَ مُقْتَصِدٌ قَطُّ»