Mishkat al-Masabih #1782
Zakat
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَأَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ الْمَرْءُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ بِدِرْهَمٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةٍ عِنْدِ مَوته» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported God’s messenger as saying,
“It is better for a man to give a dirham as sadaqa during his lifetime than to give a hundred at the time of his death.”
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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This hadith is #1782 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Zakat.