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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 296

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In-book entry
296

Chapter 35

Chapter context: Sustentation of the Members of the Family

- باب النفقة على العيال

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

‏ اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى وابدأ بمن تعول، وخير الصدقة ما كان عن ظهر غنًى، ومن يستعفف، يعفه الله، ومن يستغن، يغنه الله‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The upper hand is better than the lower one (i.e., the spending hand is better than the receiving hand); and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is that which given out of surplus; and he who asks (Allah) to help him abstain from the unlawful and the forbidden, Allah will fulfill his wish; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah". [Al-Bukhari].

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This is Hadith 296 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 296 under the chapter “Sustentation of the Members of the Family.”

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Reference details

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296

Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 296

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