Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 378

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثُ كُلُّهَا تَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ عَلَى مَنْ عَلَيْهِ نَفَقَتُهُ، وَأَنَّ إِنْفَاقَهُ عَلَى مَنْ عَلَيْهِ نَفَقَتُهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْإِنْفَاقِ عَلَى الْغَيْرِ.

In any case, these hadiths indicate that a person must provide for those under their care, and that this obligation takes precedence over spending on others.

وَفِي هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثِ أَيْضًا التَّهْدِيدُ وَالْوَعِيدُ عَلَى مَنْ ضَيَّعَ عَمَّنْ يَمْلِكُ قُوتَهُ، وَهُوَ شَامِلٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ وَغَيْرِ الْإِنْسَانِ،

These narrations also contain stern warnings against neglecting those whose sustenance one controls, a rule that applies to both humans and animals.

فَالْإِنْسَانُ يَمْلِكُ الْأَرِقَّةَ مَثَلًا، وَيَمْلِكُ الْمَوَاشِيَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ وَبَقَرٍ وَغَنَمٍ، فَهُوَ آثِمٌ إِذَا ضَيَّعَ مَنْ يَلْزَمُهُ قُوتُهُ مِنْ آدَمِيِّينَ أَوْ غَيْرِ آدَمِيِّينَ،

A person might own servants or livestock, such as camels, cattle, or sheep; they incur sin if they fail to provide for any of these dependents, whether human or animal.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (10 verbs · 22 nouns)

• دَلَّ — to indicate
• وَجَبَ — to be necessary
• أَنْفَقَ — to spend
• حَالٌ — state
• حَدِيثٌ — hadith
• إِنْسَانٌ — human