al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2324
✧ The lower hand
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ الصَّدَقَةَ وَالتَّعَفُّفَ عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالسُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Mālik
- Nāfiʿ
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, while mentioning charity and refraining from begging, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand; the upper hand is the one that gives, and the lower hand is the one that asks."
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