Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَجَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْمَنِيحَةُ أَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الدِّرْهَمَ أَوْ ظَهْرَ الدَّابَّةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الشَّاةِ أَوْ لَبَنَ الْبَقَرَةِ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Shu'ba told us, from Ibrahim al-Hajari, who said: I heard Abu al-Ahwas narrating from Abdullah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "Do you know which charity is best?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "The loan of use — that one of you gives his brother a dirham, or the back of a riding animal, or the milk of a ewe, or the milk of a cow."