Riyad as-Salihin, 291
Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), "Would I be rewarded for what I spend on Abu Salamah's sons? For I can't let them go here and there (to beg people)." Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, "Spend on them and you will be rewarded for what you spend on them". <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.
وعن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها قالت: قلت يارسول الله، هل لي أجر في بني أبي سلمة أن أنفق عليهم، ولست بتاركتهم هكذا وهكذا إنما هم بني؟ فقال:
نعم لك أجر ما أنفقت عليهم
((متفق عليه)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 291
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br>
1) Spending on one’s family and dependents is one of the encouraged acts of obedience.<br>
2) Habits become acts of worship through the person’s good intention. Consider how the usual spending of a man on his family becomes a charity when he sought by it Allah’s reward. So, let the spenders be keen on correcting their intentions<br>
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<b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br>
‘so as not to leave them like this and like that’: means that they go here and there in pursuit of basic sustenance.