110curated 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.

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Best of charities

Friday, November 18, 2022

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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