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Sunan an-Nasai 2528 (Book 23, Hadith 94) #17139
The Value of Charity

SUMMARY: Giving charity, even in small amounts, is better than giving a large amount of wealth.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Dirham was better than a hundred thousand Dirhams'. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how?' He said: 'A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity, and another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity"'.
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ قَالَ ‏"‏ رَجُلٌ لَهُ دِرْهَمَانِ فَأَخَذَ أَحَدَهُمَا فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ وَرَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عُرْضِ مَالِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا

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charity  *  wealth  *  dirham

QUICK LESSONS:
Give what you can to those who are less fortunate than you.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the value of charity and how it can be done in small amounts. It was narrated by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet Muhammad said that a single dirham given in charity was better than a hundred thousand dirhams given in charity. He explained this by saying that one man had two dirhams and gave one away as charity while another man went to part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand dirhams and gave them away as charity. This hadith teaches us that even if we have little, we should still give what we can to those who are less fortunate than us. It also shows us the importance of generosity and kindness towards others, no matter how much or how little we have.

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