Hadith 5355

It is obligatory to spend for one's wife and household.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

69 - THE BOOK OF PROVISION:(Outlay)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5355 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 63

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English translation

5355. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best alms is that which is given when one is rich, and a giving hand is better than a taking one, and you should start first to support your dependants. A wife says, 'You should either provide me with food or divorce me.' A slave says, 'Give me food and enjoy my service.' A son says, 'Give me food; to whom do you leave me?'" The people said, "O Abū Hurairah! Did you hear that from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ?" He said, "No, it is from my ownself."

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5355 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا تَرَكَ غِنًى، وَاليَدُ العُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ اليَدِ السُّفْلَى، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ» تَقُولُ المَرْأَةُ: إِمَّا أَنْ تُطْعِمَنِي، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تُطَلِّقَنِي، وَيَقُولُ العَبْدُ: أَطْعِمْنِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي، وَيَقُولُ الِابْنُ: أَطْعِمْنِي، إِلَى مَنْ تَدَعُنِي "، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: «لاَ، هَذَا مِنْ كِيسِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ»

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