Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1966
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَفْضَلُ الدِّينَارِ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ بَدَأَ بِالْعِيَالِ . ثُمَّ قَالَ فَأَىُّ رَجُلٍ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى عِيَالٍ لَهُ صِغَارٍ يُعِفُّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَيُغْنِيهِمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu Asma’, from Thawban, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The most excellent dinar is one a man spends on his dependants; then a dinar he spends on his riding animal in the cause of Allah; then a dinar he spends on his companions in the cause of Allah.”
Abu Qilabah said: “He began with the dependants.” Then he said: “Who has a greater reward than a man who spends on his young dependants, through whom Allah keeps them chaste and makes them self-sufficient?” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Abu Qilabah explicitly notes that the Prophet began with dependants. The final clause attributes their chastity and sufficiency to Allah through the provider’s support.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَفْضَلُ الدِّينَارِ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " .
The Arabic lists spending on dependants first, then a riding animal and companions in Allah’s cause; Abu Qilabah explicitly comments that the Prophet began with dependants.
Should the commentator’s observation remain in addition to the original order?
ثُمَّ قَالَ فَأَىُّ رَجُلٍ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى عِيَالٍ لَهُ صِغَارٍ يُعِفُّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَيُغْنِيهِمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ .
The closing clause says Allah keeps the young dependants chaste and makes them self-sufficient through the provider’s spending.
Should يُعفهم be rendered ‘keeps them chaste’ or ‘keeps them from need’ in this context?
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The English witness omits the chain and the hasan sahih grade.
Should the complete chain and grade be included?