Riyad as-Salihin, 290
Hadith text · Matn
وعن أبي عبد الله - ويقال له: أبو عبد الرحمن - ثوبان بن بجدد مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
أفضل دينار ينفقه الرجل دينار ينفقه على عياله، ودينار ينفقه على دابته في سبيل الله، ودينار ينفقه على أصحابه في سبيل الله
((رواه مسلم)).
English translation
Thauban bin Bujdud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The most excellent dinar is one that a person spends on his family, and the dinar which he spends on his riding-animal in the way of Allah (in Jihad), and the dinar he spends on his companions in the way of Allah". <b>[Muslim]</b>.
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 290
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br>
1) The Hadiths highlight the excellence of spending on one’s family, being one of the best forms of obligatory spending given its good consequences.<br>
2) spending on one’s family is an individual obligation, while spending on other than them is a communal obligation. According to the majority of scholars, individual obligations are better than communal ones.