Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 17093a
"لأَنْ أُعْطِيَ أخًا لِي فِي الله دِرْهَمًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بعَشْرَةٍ، ولأَنْ أُعْطِيَ أخًا لِي فِي الله عَشَرَةً أحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ عَلَى مِسكِينٍ بِمَائةِ".
Translation
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"For me to give a brother of mine, for the sake of God, one dirham is more beloved to me than to give ten in charity; and for me to give a brother of mine, for the sake of God, ten is more beloved to me than to give a hundred in charity to a poor man."
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ابن أبي الدنيا في كتاب الإخوان عن أبي جعفر مُعْضَلًا
machine translationIbn Abī al-Dunyā in Kitāb al-Ikhwān, from Abū Jaʿfar, as a mu‘ḍal report.
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