12/31. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1032c — Most Excellent Charity Wording
The best of charity is that which is given when one is healthy and inclined to be stingy
Hadith Chain Narration About the Most Excellent Charity
Sahih Muslim : 1032c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1032c
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ الْقَعْقَاعِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ .
This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters except with this change (of words): " Which charity is most excellent?"
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1032cIn-book reference : Book 12, Hadith 121USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 5, Hadith 2252
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1032c
This Hadith is a transmission note for the report about the best charity. It says the same chain of transmitters narrated a similar Hadith, except the wording of the question was changed to: which charity is most excellent? Because the translation does not repeat the full answer, the explanation should stay tied to the earlier report. The core topic is hadith chain narration, with the subject of timely charity. It helps readers see that the same meaning was preserved with a small wording difference in the question. People searching for most excellent charity hadith should connect this note with the fuller narration that says charity is praised when given while healthy, cautious with wealth, fearing poverty, and hoping for life.
What we learn from this hadith
- This is a wording variant, not a new full report.
- The changed phrase is about asking which charity is most excellent.
- It points back to the fuller teaching on giving before death nears.
