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tabarani:7476Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Abū Umāmah > al-Nabī Ṣallá

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whatever a man spends on his house, his family, his children, and his servants, it is considered charity for him."  

الطبراني:٧٤٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَخَدَمِهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ»  


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