Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 332
Kind Treatment towards Parents and establishment of the ties of Blood Relationship
Arabic hadith text
وعن سلمان بن عامر رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "إذا أفطر أحدكم، فليفطر على تمر، فإنه بركة، فإن لم يجد تمرًا، فالماء، فإنه طهور" وقال: "الصدقة على المسكين صدقة، وعلى ذي الرحم ثنتان: صدقة وصلة".
((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن)).
Translation
Salman bin 'Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When you break fast, you should do it with a date-fruit for there is blessing in it, and if you do not find a date- fruit, break it with water for it is pure." Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added: "Charity towards a poor person is charity, and towards a relation is both charity and maintaining the ties (of kinship)".[At-Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan].