Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 10795
✧ On refraining from begging: who said the upper hand is better than the lower hand
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حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنْ أَسْوَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ زَهْدَمٍ قَالَ:
انْتَهَى قَوْمٌ مِنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَدُ الْمُعْطِي الْعُلْيَا، وَيَدُ السَّائِلِ السُّفْلَى، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ: أُمَّكَ وَأَبَاكَ وَأُخْتَكَ وَأَخَاكَ، وَأَدْنَاكَ فَأَدْنَاكَ
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A group from Tha'labah came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon, and he was saying: The hand of the giver is the upper hand, and the hand of the one who asks is the lower hand. Begin with those you support: your mother, your father, your sister, and your brother, and then the nearest, then the nearest.
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