"I have an orphan under my care. May I eat from his wealth?"She replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Among the most wholesome of what a man eats is what comes from his own earnings, and his child is part of his earnings.'"
حدثنا محمد بن كثير أخبرنا سفيان عن منصور عن إبراهيم عن عمارة بن عمير عن عمته أنها سألت
في حجري يتيم أفآكل من ماله فقالت قال رسول الله ﷺ إن من أطيب ما أكل الرجل من كسبه وولده من كسبه
[Sahih]. Nasai narrated it in Al-Kubra 4/4, hadith 6043, from the hadith of Yahya Qattan, from Sufyan Thawri, with this wording. It also appears in Al-Mujtaba, hadith 4454, but with an error there. Tirmidhi narrated it, hadith 1358, and said, "Hasan sahih." Ibn Majah also narrated it, hadith 2290, from the hadith of Umarah, with this wording. See the following hadith.