Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2065

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِذَا أَنْفَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ طَعَامِ بَيْتِهَا، غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ، كَانَ لَهَا أَجْرُهَا بِمَا أَنْفَقَتْ، وَلِزَوْجِهَا بِمَا كَسَبَ، وَلِلْخَازِنِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، لاَ يَنْقُصُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَجْرَ بَعْضٍ شَيْئًا ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Uthman ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Abu Wail, from Masruq, from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When a woman spends from the food of her household without acting wastefully, she receives a reward for what she spent; her husband receives a reward for what he earned; and the storekeeper receives the same. None of them diminishes the reward of another in the least.”

Translation notes
  • The phrase غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ is rendered as acting without waste; its exact nuance may include not spoiling or causing harm through the expenditure.

  • غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ

    The word can suggest not spoiling or causing harm, while the witness interprets it as not being extravagant.

    Which nuance is intended in this context?