Sunan an-Nasa'i 2543

Translation

"The Messenger of Allah said: "The best kind of charity is that which is given when you are rich, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and start with those for whom you are responsible."'

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  أثر صحيح

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  in سنن النسائي, p. 2544

Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 4474Musnad Ahmad 6039Sunan ad-Darimi 1692al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 7846al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 7975Musnad al-Bazzar 9024

Narrators

1. 1
   Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

   embraced Islam on the day of the Conquest and accompanied the Prophet ﷺd. 50 AH, or 54 AH, also said 58 AH, or 60 AH
   حَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍأسلم يوم الفتح وصحب
   حدثه
2. 2
   Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Taymī

   trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 106 AH
   مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَثقة جليل
   سمعت
3. 3
   ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 151 and 160 AH
   عُمَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَثقة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Yaḥyā

   trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam and exemplar (qudwah)d. 198 AH
   يَحْيَىثقة متقن حافظ ، إمام قدوة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAmr b. ʿAlī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 249 AH
   عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّثقة حافظ
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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