Sunan ad-Darimi 1693
✧ The Excellence of the Upper Hand
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
«خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Nuʿaym
- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān
- Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah Yadhkur
- Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ “The best charity is that given from surplus wealth. The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin with those you support.”
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
أثر صحيح
machine translationA sound (ṣaḥīḥ) athar (report from a Companion).
in مسند الدارمي, p. 1689
Narrators
- embraced Islam on the day of the Conquest and accompanied the Prophet ﷺd. 50 AH, or 54 AH, also said 58 AH, or 60 AHحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍأسلم يوم الفتح وصحبيذكر عن
- trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 106 AHمُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَثقة جليلسمعت
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 151 and 160 AHعَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 218 AH, 219 AHأَبُو نُعَيْمٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.