Guests and Spending

Abu Usayd as-Sa'idi invited the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, to his wedding. His wife, who was the bride, served themthat day. She said, "Do you know what I served the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace? I served him some dates whichhad been infused in a pot overnight."

Nu'aym ibn Qa'nab said, "I went to Abu Dharr and did not find himat home. I asked his wife, 'Where is Abu Dharr?' 'Fetching some thingsfor the house. He will be back presently.' I sat down to wait for him andhe came with two camels. One of them was lined up behind the other andeach of the camels had a waterskin on its neck. Abu Dharr took them off.Then he came and I said, 'Abu Dharr! There was no man who I desired tomeet more than you and there was none that I hated to meet more than you!'He said, 'Your father belongs to Allah! How can these two be joined together?'I replied, 'In the Jahiliyya, a buried a daughter alive and I feared thatI would meet you and you would say, "There is no way for you to repent.There is no way out." On the other hand, I used to hope that you wouldsay, 'There is a way for you to repent. There is a way out."'

Thawban reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "The best dinar a man spends is the dinar which he spendson his family, the dinar which he spends on his companions in the Way ofAllah, and the dinar which he spends on his riding animal in the Way ofAllah."

Abu Mas'ud al-Badri reported that the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "When someone spends something on his familyand reckons its reward to be with Allah, then it is sadaqa for him."

Jabir said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have a dinar.'He said, 'Spend it on yourself.' The man said, 'I have another.' He said,'Spend it on your servant (or he said, 'on your child').' The man said,'I have another.' He said, 'Use it in the Way of Allah, but that is theleast form of sadaqa.'"

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "There are four dinars:
a dinar which you give toa poor person, a dinar you give to free a slave, a dinar you spend in theWay of Allah, and a dinar which you spend on your family. The best of themis the dinar which you spend on your family."

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas transmitted that the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said to him, "You do not spend anything by whichyou desire the face of Allah Almighty but that you art rewarded for it,even what you place in your wife's mouth."

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descendsto the lowest heaven every night when a third of the night remains. Hesays, 'Who is calling on Me so that I can answer him? Who is asking Mefor something so that I can give to him? "Who is asking Me for forgivenessso that I can forgive him?'"