صحيح الادب المفرد
Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad
Part One: Ahadith 1 to 249
باب نفقة الرجل على عبده وخادمه صدقة
Spending on servant is charity
Hadith Number: 145
145/197 عن ابي هريرة قال: امر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بصدقة، فقال رجل: عندي دينار؟ قال:"انفقه على نفسك". قال: عندي آخر؟ قال:"انفقه على زوجتك". قال: عندي آخر؟ قال:"انفقه على خادمك، ثم انت ابصر".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to give charity, so a man said: I have one dinar. He said: "Spend it on yourself." He said: I have another dinar. He said: "Spend it on your wife." He said: I have another dinar besides that. He said: "Spend it on your servant, and after that you know best (who is most deserving of your spending)."
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