Hadith on Charity: Spending pairs in the way of Allah

Sa’sa’ah ibn Mu’awiyah reported: I met Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, and I said, “Narrate a saying to me.” Abu Dharr said, “Yes. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No Muslim servant spends a pair of any kind of wealth in the way of Allah but that the keepers of Paradise, all of them, will invite him to what they have.” I said, “How so?” Abu Dharr said, “If it is camels, he spends two camels. If it is cows, he spends two cows.”

Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 3185

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ ‌صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ لَقِيتُ ‌أَبَا ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يُنْفِقُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَالٍ لَهُ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِلَّا اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ إِبِلًا فَبَعِيرَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَقَرًا فَبَقَرَتَيْنِ

3185 كتاب سنن النسائي كتاب الجهاد فضل النفقة في سبيل الله تعالى

567 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في السلسلة الصحيحة

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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