Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that a man from Banu Udhrah set his slave free as a mudabbar (i.e., he said, "You will be free after my death"). News of this reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace be upon him) asked, "Do you have any wealth besides him?" He replied, "No." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) announced, "Who will buy him from me?" So Nu'aym bin Abdullah Al-'Adawi bought him for eight hundred dirhams and brought the dirhams to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them to the slave's owner and said, "First spend on yourself, then if anything remains, on your family, then if anything remains, on your relatives, then if anything remains, here and there," and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed forward, to the right, and to the left (i.e., give in charity).

Khaitamah says: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) when his steward came. He asked him, "Have you given the expenses to the slaves?" He replied, "No." So he said, "Go and give them their expenses, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is enough of a sin for a man that he withholds the expenses from those whose maintenance is his responsibility.'"

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best dinar (gold coin) that a man spends is the one he spends on his family (because some of them are such that their maintenance is obligatory, like young children), and likewise the dinar which he spends on his animal in the way of Allah (i.e., in jihad), and the dinar which he spends on his companions in the way of Allah. Abu Qilabah said: (The Prophet) started with the family. Then Abu Qilabah said: Whose reward can be greater than the one who spends on his small children, or Allah, because of him, saves them from having to beg from others, or benefits them and makes them self-sufficient?

Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud al-Badri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: When a Muslim spends on his family seeking reward for it, then it is charity for him.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that Hind (the wife of Abu Sufyan) came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, there was no household on the face of the earth whom I wished to be humiliated by Allah more than your household. But now, there is no household on the face of the earth whose honor I desire more than your household." The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "Yes, by the One in whose hand is my soul." Then Hind (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "O Messenger of Allah! Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) is a miserly man. If I spend something from his wealth on his family without his permission, will I be sinful?" The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "If you spend on his family in a good manner (avoiding extravagance), then there is no sin upon you."

Narrated from Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her): The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The woman who has been given three divorces has neither a house nor maintenance.

It is narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that she says: It is not appropriate for Fatima to say that a woman divorced thrice has neither a place to stay nor maintenance.

Abu Ishaq says: I was sitting with Aswad bin Yazid in the great mosque, and Sha'bi was also with us. Sha'bi narrated the hadith of Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) neither provided her with a house nor maintenance. (Upon hearing this) Aswad picked up a handful of pebbles and threw them towards Sha'bi and said: Alas, do you narrate this? Whereas Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We cannot leave the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of our Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the statement of a woman; who knows, perhaps she forgot or remembered incorrectly. (A woman divorced with three pronouncements) should be given a house and maintenance, for Allah the Exalted has said: "Do not expel them from their houses unless they commit a clear indecency (i.e., adultery)." (At-Talaq: 1)