Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 18735a
"مَا أنكَر مَسْألَتكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَال خَضِرٌ حُلوٌ وَإنَّمَا هُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أيدِي النَّاسِ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِسَخَاوَة بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَمَنْ أخَذَهَا بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْس لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَكَانَ كَالآكلِ، وَلا يَشْبَعُ، وَإنَّ يَدَ اللهِ الْعُليَا، وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِى فَوْقَ الْمُعْطَى وَأَسْفَلُ الأَيدِى يَدُ الْمُعْطَى".
Translation
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"How objectionable is your asking, O Hakīm! Indeed this wealth is green and sweet, and along with that it is the filth of people's hands. Whoever takes it with generosity of spirit, it is blessed for him; and whoever takes it with greed of soul, it is not blessed for him, and he is like one who eats and is never satisfied. And indeed the upper hand is God's, and the hand of the giver is above the hand of the receiver, and the lowest of hands is the hand of the receiver."
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Notes
[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن حكيم بن حزام
machine translation[ṭ] al-Ṭayālisī; [ḥm] Aḥmad; [ṭb] al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr; [k] al-Ḥākim in al-Mustadrak, from Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām.
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