حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى اللَّيْثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَفْضَلُ دِينَارٍ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It wasnarrated from ‘Ali bin Abu Talib, Abu Darda’, Abu Hurairah, AbuUmamah Al-Bahili, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr,Jabir bin‘Abdullah and ‘Imran bin Husain, all of them narratingthat theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

“Whoever sends financialsupport in thecause of Allah and stays at home, for every Dirham hewill have (thereward of) seven hundred Dirham. Whoever fightshimself in the causeof Allah, and spends on that, for every Dirhamhe will have (thereward of) seven hundred thousand Dirham.” Thenhe recited the Verse:“Allah gives manifold increase to whom Hewills.”[2:261]