Hadith on Family: Duties to household more important than voluntary worship

Wahb ibn Jabir reported: The client of Abdullah ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him, “I intend to reside this month by the Sacred House in Jerusalem.” Abdullah said to him, “Have you left your family with enough to sustain themselves?” He said no. Abdullah said, “Return to your family and leave them with enough to sustain themselves, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: It is enough sin for a man to neglect those under his care.

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 6842

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut

عن وَهْب بْن جَابِرٍ قال إِنَّ مَوْلًى لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رضي الله عنه قَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُقِيمَ هَذَا الشَّهْرَ هَاهُنَا بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ تَرَكْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ مَا يَقُوتُهُمْ هَذَا الشَّهْرَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَاتْرُكْ لَهُمْ مَا يَقُوتُهُمْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُضِيعَ مَنْ يَقُوتُ

6842 مسند أحمد

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