Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1870
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةٍ عِنْدِ مَوته» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Translation
Abu Said al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘For a person to give one dirham in alms during his lifetime is better than giving one hundred at the time of his death.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.