Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 195
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.
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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.