Question

Can you provide the reference for this narration?

“The reward for expenditure that is multiplied by seven hundred times is the expenditure of a man on himself and his family”

 

Answer

Imams Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ibn Abid Dunya (rahimahumallah) have recorded this narration as the statement of the Tabi’i, Imam Sha’bi’; Amir ibn Sharahil (rahimahullah).

Sha’bi (rahimahullah) said: “The expenditure of  man on himself and his family is among those expenditures [the rewards of which] are multiplied seven hundredfold.”

(Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah: 27178, Kitabul ‘iyal: 505)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

مصنف ابن أبي شيبة
(٢٧١٧٨) – حدثنا أبو معاوية، عن عاصم، عن الشعبي قال: إن من النفقة التي تضاعف بسبع مئة ضعف نفقة الرجل على نفسه وأهل بيته.

النفقة على العيال لابن أبي الدنيا
(٥٠٥) – وبه حدثنا عاصم الأحول، عن الشعبي، قال: إن من النفقة التي تضاعف تسعمائة ضعف نفقة الرجل على نفسه وعلى أهل بيته.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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