رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 550
The Book of Miscellany
Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ “أربعون خصلة أعلاها مَنِيحَةُ الْعَنْزِ مَا مِنْ عَامِلٍ يَعْمَلُ بِخَصْلَةٍ مِنْهَا رَجَاءَ ثَوَابِهَا وَتَصْدِيقَ مَوْعُودِهَا إِلاَّ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بها الجنة” ((رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيّ. وقد سبق بيان هذا الحديث فى باب بيان كثرة طرق الخير)).
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There are forty kinds of virtue, the highest of which is to gift a (milch) she goat. He who practises any of these virtues, expecting its reward (from Allah) and believing on the verity of the promise made for it, will enter Jannah." [Al-Bukhari].
Riyad as-Salihin, 550