Ahadith

Thauban ibn Buhdud relates that the Holy Prophet said: The best" dinar is that which a person spends on his wife and children, and the dinar he spends on his horse in the cause of Allah, and the dinar he spends on ‘his companions in the cause of Allah (Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 35, At-Talaq 9, Saba 41)

Umm Salamah relates: I asked the Holy Prophet: Shall I deserve a reward if I spend on my children from my first husband? I cannot leave them running about here and there in search of a living. He answered: Yes, you will have a reward for whatever you spend on them (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 35, At-Talaq 9, Saba 41)

Sa‘ad ibn Abi Wagqgas relates in the course of a long hadith that the Holy Prophet said to him: Whatever you might spend seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah will have its reward, even that which you put in the mouth of your wife (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 35, At-Talaq 9, Saba 41)

Abu Mas‘ud Badri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a person spends on his wife and children hoping for a reward, it is counted as charity on his part (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 35, At-Talaq 9, Saba 41)

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is enough sin for a person to deny the right of one whose tiving he controls (Abu Daud). Muslim’s version is: It is enough sin for a person to hold back the due of one whose living he controls. (Al-Baqarah 35, At-Talaq 9, Saba 41)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Everyday that rises two angels descend, one of them saying: Allah, bestow increase upon the spender; and the other saying: Allah, ruin the miser (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 94, Al-Baqarah 269)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The upper hand is better than the lower; and begin with your dependants; and the best charity is out of surplus; and he who desires to abstain from asking will be shielded by Allah; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah (Bokhari). (TaHa 134, At-Tahrim 8)

Anas relates that Abu Talha was the wealthiest of the Ansar in Medina in date gardens and of all his properties he loved Bairaha best. It was right opposite the Mosque and the Holy Prophet used to go there and drink of its pure water. When this verse was revealed: Never will you attain to the" highest degree of virtue unless you spend out of that which you love; Abu Talha came to the Holy Prophet and said: Messenger of Allah, Allah has sent down to you: Never will you attain to the highest degree of virtue unless you spend out of that which you love; and the property I love most is Bairaha. I offer it in charity for the sake of Allah, hoping for its reward from Allah. So dispose of it Messenger of Allah, as Allah might direct you. The Holy Prophet said: Well, well, this is a very good property, this is a very good property. I have heard what you have said, and I think you should divide it among your relatives. Abu Talha said: So shall I do, Messenger of Allah; and he divided it among his cousins and relatives (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 134)

Abu Hurairah relates that Hasan ibn Ali picked up a date from | among dates offered for charity and put it in his mouth. On observing this the Holy Prophet chided him and said: Throw it out. Know you not that we do not eat alms (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 134, At-Tahrim 8)

Umar ibn Abi Salamah relates: I was a boy under the care of the Holy Prophet, and my hand would wander around the bowl when eating. He directed me: Pronounce the name of Allah, eat with thy right hand and from whatever is in front of thee. This became my way of eating thereafter (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 134, At-Tahrim 8)