Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 8
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said from the mimbar when mentioning sadaqa and refraining from asking, “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one which expends, and the lower one is the one which asks.”
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ – وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ الصَّدَقَةَ وَالتَّعَفُّفَ عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ –
“ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا هِيَ الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالسُّفْلَى هِيَ السَّائِلَةُ ” .
“ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا هِيَ الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالسُّفْلَى هِيَ السَّائِلَةُ ” .
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 8
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. The Muwatta Malik is a seminal collection of hadith, authored by Imam Malik ibn Anas. Its composition was a 40-year endeavor, resulting in a work of under 2,000 narrations that are meticulously categorized across 61 different thematic sections or books.
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