Narrator: Al-Miqdām
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" مَا كَسَبَ الرَّجُلُ كَسْبًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ وَمَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَخَادِمِهِ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ "
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It was narrated from Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib (Ar- Zubaidi) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"No man earns anything better than that which he earns with his own hands, and what a man spends on himself, his wife, his child and his servant, then it is charity."
Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2138 ).
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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah
قَوْله ( فَهُوَ صَدَقَة ) أَيْ إِذَا كَانَ بِنْيَةِ خَيْرٍ وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده إِسْمَاعِيل بْن عَيَّاش وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ وَالنَّسَائِيّ.…
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Scholars’ grades
The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.
Scholar Grade Applies to Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH
Authentic Sahih The hadith
No. 2138
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH
Good (hasan) Hasan The hadith
No. 2138
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH
Good (hasan) Hasan The hadith
No. 2138
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH
Authentic Sahih The hadith
No. 2138
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تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (57196)مَا كَسَبَ رَجُلٌ كَسْبًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ بِيَدِهِ ، وَمَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَخَادِمِهِ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ .
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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 293
" إذا أنفق الرجل على أهله نفقة يحتسبها فهي له صدقة"
Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī + 9 other versions
Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4006
" نَفَقَةُ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ صَدَقَةٌ "
Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī + 1 other version
Not graded Musnad Ahmad 21316
Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī Arabic only
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