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Sahih al-Bukhari 2629

Chapter: The superiority of the Maniha

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 2629

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

نِعْمَ الْمَنِيحَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً، وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ وَتَرُوحُ بِإِنَاءٍ ‏"

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "What a good Maniha (the she-camel which has recently given birth and which gives profuse milk) is, and (what a good Maniha) (the sheep which gives profuse milk, a bowl in the morning and another in the evening) is!"

Narrated Malik:

Maniha is a good deed of charity.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 2629, 5608).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث أَبِي هُرَيرَة : قَوْلُهُ : ( نِعْمَ اَلْمَنِيحَةُ اَللِّقْحَةُ اَلصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً ) اَللِّقْحَة اَلنَّاقَة ذَات اَللَّبَنِ اَلْقَرِيبَة اَلْعَهْد بِالْوِلَادَةِ وَهِيَ مَكْسُورَةُ اَللَّامِ وَيَجُوزُ فَتْحُهَا , وَالْمَعْرُوفُ أَنَّ اَللَّقْحَةَ بِفَتْحِ اَللَّامِ اَلْمَرَّة اَلْوَاحِدَة مِنْ اَلْحَلْبِ , وَالصَّفِيّ بِفَتْحِ اَلصَّادِ وَكَسْرِ اَلْفَاءِ أَيْ اَلْكَرِيمَةُ اَلْغَزِيرَةُ اَللَّبَن , وَيُقَالُ لَهَا اَلصَّفِيَّة أَيْضًا كَذَا رَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْن بُكَيْرٍ وَذَكَرَ اَلْمُصَنِّفُ بَعْدَهُ أَنَّ عَبْد اَللَّه بْن يُوسُف وَإِسْمَاعِيل يَعْنِي اِبْن أَبِي أُوَيْس رَوَيَاهُ بِلَفْظ " نِعْمَ اَلصَّدَقَة اَللِّقْحَة اَلصَّفِيّ مِنْحَةً " وَهَذَا هُوَ اَلْمَشْهُورُ عَنْ مَالِك…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5608

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The best object of charity is a she-camel which has (newly) given birth and gives plenty of milk, or a she-goat which gives plenty of milk; and is given to somebody to utilize its milk by milking one bowl in the morning and one in the evening."

نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً، وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً، تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ، وَتَرُوحُ بِآخَرَ

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1899

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “A milch-camel with abundant milk given as a loan and a ewe with abundant milk given as a loan, which produces a vessel of milk in the morning and another in the evening, is good sadaqa.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Also reported by… (3)
  • شرح السنة (1661)نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللَّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً ، وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً ، تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ وَتَرُوحُ بِآخَرَ
  • مسند الشاميين للطبراني (3247)نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً ، وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيَّةُ مِنْحَةً تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ وَتَرُوحُ بِإِنَاءٍ
  • مسند الموطأ للجوهري (436)نِعْمَ الصَّدَقَةُ اللِّقْحَةُ ، الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً وَالشَّاةُ الصَّفِيُّ مِنْحَةً تَغْدُو بِإِنَاءٍ وَتَرُوحُ بِإِنَاءٍ

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