Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 55
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ ".
Translation
Hajjaj ibn Minhal narrated to us. He said: Shu'ba narrated to us. He said: Adi ibn Thabit informed me. He said: I heard Abdullah ibn Yazid, from Abu Mas'ud, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘When a man spends on his family, seeking its reward, it is charity for him.’
Translation notes
The English witness specifies that the spending is sincerely for Allah's sake; the Arabic says that he counts/seeks reward for it.