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On Doing Without Asking Others

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Darussalam · Volume 2

9. THE BOOK OF ZAKĀT

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الحديث: 1648 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 122

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1648. It was reported from Mālik, from Nāfi', from 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was once on the Minbar, discussing charity, and that (explaining whether) it is better to avoid taking it or asking for it. He said: "The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that spends, and the lower hand is the one that asks." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: There is disagreement among those who narrated this Hadīth from Ayyūb from Nāfi'.[1] 'Abdul-Wārīth (narrated it from him and) said: "The upper hand is the one that seeks independence of means." And most of them who reported it from Ḥammād, from Ayyūb (have): "The upper hand is the one that spends."

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1648 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَالتَّعَفُّفَ مِنْهَا، وَالْمَسْأَلَةَ: «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ، وَالسُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: اخْتُلِفَ عَلَى أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ: الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُتَعَفِّفَةُ، وَقَالَ: أَكْثَرُهُمْ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ، وَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ: الْمُتَعَفِّفَةُ

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    [1] Which is not the case in the narration of Mālik.