3684 - O Messenger of Allah! Which charity is best? He said: “Providing water to people يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: "سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ

٣٦٨٤ - (حسن لغيره) حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ صَاحِبِ لا، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: "سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ". [د: ١٦٨١، ن: ٣٦٦٤، تحفة: ٣٨٣٤]

3684 - (Hasan according to others) Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Wakee’ narrated to us, on the authority of Hisham, the companion of Al-Dastawa’i, on the authority of Qatada, on the authority of Saeed ibn Al-Musayyab, on the authority of Saad ibn Ubadah, who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! Which charity is best? He said: “Providing water to people.” [D: 1681, No. 3664, Tuhfat: 3834]