أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الْكَاشِحِ
Transliteration
Afdalu-s-sadaqati ala dhi-r-rahimi-l-kashih.
Translation
The best charity is to the relative who harbours animosity.
Narrated by Abu Ayyub·Musnad Ahmad 23074
Hadith for · family
Best charity is to a close relative
Friday, May 18, 2001
Share this hadith
Tap … to save to your photos or share anywhere else
One saying of the Prophet ﷺ a day.
Pair this with the daily verse, the 99 Names, and a few beads of dhikr. Small things, repeated, leave the deepest mark.
Recent hadith
May 18
Best charity is to a close relative · family
May 17
Your smile is a charity · kindness
May 16
Beloved deeds are constant · consistency
May 15
The best jihad · justice
May 14
Envy consumes good deeds · envy
May 13
What you have spent is yours · wealth
May 12
Gabriel led the Prophet ﷺ in prayer · salah
May 11
The Muslim has five rights · rights
May 10
Salam first · salam
May 9
The orphan and I · orphans
May 8
Honour the elder · manners
May 7
Do not belittle any good · kindness
205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.