and the third is His saying, “Whatever you spend of anything, He will replace it, and He is the best of providers” (Sabaʾ 34:39).

His words “Whatever you spend of anything” mean: whatever you may have spent for the sake of Allah; “He will replace it,” that is, He will grant you something in return and substitute it for you—and He is the best of providers.

1/289 — Abu Hurayrah (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “A dinar you spend in the path of Allah, a dinar you spend to free a slave, a dinar you give in charity to a poor person, and a dinar you spend on your family—the one with the greatest reward is the dinar you spend on your family.” Muslim narrated it.

2/290 — Abu ʿAbd Allah—also known as Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman—Thawban ibn Bujdad, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “The best dinar a man can spend is a dinar he spends on his dependants, a dinar he spends on his mount in the path of Allah, and a dinar he spends on his companions in the path of Allah.” Muslim narrated it.

3/291 — Umm Salamah (Allah be pleased with her) said: “I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, do I have a reward if I spend on the children of Abu Salamah? I cannot simply leave them like this or that; after all, they are my sons.’ He replied, ‘Yes, you will have a reward for whatever you spend on them.’” Agreed upon.

4/292 — Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) narrated—within his lengthy hadith that