Arabic (Original)
قَالَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ رَائِطَةَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً صَنَاعًا وَكَانَتْ تَبِيعُ وَتَصَدَّقُ فَقَالَتْ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَوْمًا لَقَدْ شَغَلْتَنِي أَنْتَ وَوَلَدُكَ فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ مَعَكُمْ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ تَفْعَلِي فَسَأَلَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَكِ أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ.
English Translation
He said: Husayn ibn Muhammad told us, Ibn Abi al-Zinad and Sulayman ibn Dawud told us, they said: 'Abd al-Rahman told us, from his father, from 'Urwah, from 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utbah, from Ra'itah, the wife of 'Abdullah — and she was a skilled working woman who used to sell her handiwork and give charity — she said to 'Abdullah one day, "You and your child have kept me occupied, so I am not able to give charity along with you." He said, "I would not like it if there were no reward in that for you to do." So the two of them asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about that, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to her, "You will have the reward of what you spend on them."