Riyad as-Salihin, 290
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>.
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)).
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.