Gardens of the Righteous — Page 70
70. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS dinar is that which a person spends on his wife and children, and the dinar he spends on his horse in the cause of Allah, and the dinar he spends on his companions in the cause of Allah (Muslim). 293. Umm Salamah relates: I asked the Holy Prophet: Shall I deserve a reward if I spend on my children from my first husband? I cannot leave them running about here and there in search of a living. He answered: Yes, you will have a reward for whatever you spend on them (Bokhari and Muslim). 294. Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas relates in the course of a long hadith that the Holy Prophet said to him: Whatever you might spend seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah will have its reward, even that which you put in the mouth of your wife (Bokhari and Muslim). 295. Abu Mas'ud Badri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a person spends on his wife and children hoping for a reward, it is counted as charity on his part (Bokhari and Muslim). 296. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is enough sin for a person to deny the right of one whose living he controls (Abu. Daud). Muslim's version is: It is enough sin for a person to hold back the due of one whose living he controls. 297. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Everyday that rises two angels descend, one of them saying: Allah, bestow increase upon the spender; and the other saying: Allah, ruin the miser (Bokhari and Muslim). 298. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The upper hand is better than the lower; and begin with your dependants; and the best charity is out of surplus; and he who desires to abstain from asking will be shielded by. Allah; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah (Bokhari). 37. . On Spending out of that which is Good. . Allah, the Exalted has said: 123. Never will you attain to the highest degree of virtue unless you spend out of that which you love (3. 93). 124. O ye who believe, spend out of the good things that you have earned and of that which We produce for you from the earth; and do not select out of it for charity that which is useless (2. 268). 299. Anas relates that Abu Talha was the wealthiest of the Ansar in. Medina in date gardens and of all his properties he loved Bairaha best. It was right opposite the Mosque and the Holy Prophet used to go there and drink of its pure water. When this verse was revealed: Never will you attain to the