Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2866
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ " .
Translation
Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us: Ibn Abi Dhi'b informed me, from Shurahbil, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A person giving one dirham in charity during his lifetime is better for him than giving one hundred dirhams in charity at the moment of his death.’