Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2326b
"عَنْ عَلىٍّ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ: مَا السَّخَاءُ قَالَ: مَا كَانَ منْهُ ابْتِدَاءً، فَأَمَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَحَيَاءٌ وَتَكرُّمٌ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAl
- Qīl Lah Mā al-Sakhāʾ
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From 'Ali that it was said to him: What is generosity? He said: What arises from initiative. As for what comes from a request, that is modesty and nobility."
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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