Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 195

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنِي بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ، سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ‏:‏ مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ وَزَوْجَتَكَ وَخَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to us. He said: Baqiyya informed us. He said: Buhayr ibn Sa‘d informed me, from Khalid ibn Ma‘dan, from al-Miqdam, who heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘Whatever you feed yourself is charity, and whatever you feed your child, your wife, and your servant is charity.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Sadaqah is rendered as ‘charity’ here; the source does not restrict the term to a formal alms payment.