Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 36 of 372
Sustentation of the Members of the Family
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 36 : Ahadith 289 – 296
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَعَلَى ٱلۡمَوۡلُودِ لَهُۥ رِزۡقُهُنَّ وَكِسۡوَتُهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
“The father of the child shall bear the cost of the mother’s food and clothing on a reasonable basis”.
[Al-Baqarah 2:233]
لِيُنفِقۡ ذُو سَعَةٖ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦۖ وَمَن قُدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقُهُۥ فَلۡيُنفِقۡ مِمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا
“Let the rich man spend according to his means, and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him”.
[Aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:7]
وَمَآ أَنفَقۡتُم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَهُوَ يُخۡلِفُهُۥ
“And whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah’s Cause), He will replace it”.
[Saba’ 34:39]
289 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A dinar you spend in Allah’s way, or to free a slave, or as a charity you give to a needy person, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spend on your family”.[Muslim].
290 Thauban bin Bujdud (radiyallahu anhu) 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”.[Muslim].
291 Umm Salamah (radiyallahu anha) 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”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
292 Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhu) reported in a Hadith included in the chapter of Intention, that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whatever you spend seeking thereby the Pleasure of Allah, will have its reward, even the morsel which you put in the mouth of your wife”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
293Abu Mas`ud Al-Badri (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “When someone spends on his family seeking his reward for it from Allah, it is counted as a charity from him”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
294 `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`as (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Neglecting one’s own dependents is a reason enough for a man to commit a sin”.[Abu Dawud]
The narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “It is enough sin for a person to hold back the due of one whose provision is in his hand”.
295 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Two angels descend every morning, and one says: `O Allah, give him who spends something, in place of what he spends.’ The other one says: `O Allah, give destruction to him who withholds”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
296 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The upper hand is better than the lower one (i.e., the spending hand is better than the receiving hand); and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is that which given out of surplus; and he who asks (Allah) to help him abstain from the unlawful and the forbidden, Allah will fulfill his wish; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah”.[Al-Bukhari].