Hadith for · sadaqah

Best of charities

Friday, March 5, 1915

أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ، تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى
Transliteration

Afdalu-s-sadaqati an tatasaddaqa wa anta sahihun shahih, takhsha-l-faqra wa ta'mulu-l-ghina.

Translation

The best charity is what you give while you are healthy and stingy, fearing poverty and hoping for wealth.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 1419, Sahih Muslim 1032
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