Hadith #123

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ‏ ‏قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ ‏ ‏عَنِ ‏ ‏الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ ‏ ‏سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ ‏ ‏مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ ‏ ‏صَدَقَةٌ ‏ ‏وَوَلَدَكَ وَزَوْجَتَكَ وَخَادِمَكَ ‏

English Translation

Al-Ḥakam ibn Nāfiʿ narrated to us saying: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from Baḥīr ibn Saʿd, from Khālid ibn Maʿdān, from al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdī Karib رضي الله عنه, that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "What you feed yourself is charity for you, and your child, and your wife, and your servant."

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 123

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16561

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