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ahmad:5728Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, while giving a sermon, that the upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the giving hand, and the lower hand is the hand of the one who asks."  

أحمد:٥٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ الْيَدُالْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُعْطِيَةُ وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى يَدُ السَّائِلِ  


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ahmad:5344ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the giving hand, and the lower hand is the asking hand."  

أحمد:٥٣٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ  

darimi:1692Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, say: 'The upper hand is better than the lower hand.' He said, 'The upper hand is the giving hand, and the lower hand is the hand of the beggar.'"  

الدارمي:١٦٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» قَالَ «وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا يَدُ الْمُعْطِي وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى يَدُ السَّائِلِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُصَرِّحِ بِصِحَّةِ مَا تَأَوَّلْنَا الْخَبَرَ الَّذِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهُ

ibnhibban:3364Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad b. Ṣulayḥ al-ʿĀbid Biwāsiṭ > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām > Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah said, when mentioning charity and those who refrain from asking. "The upper hand is better than the lower hand; the upper hand is that which gives and the lower hand is that which asks." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2533)   

ابن حبّان:٣٣٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ صُلَيْحٍ الْعَابِدُ بِوَاسِطَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ»  

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"اليَدُ العُليَا خَيرٌ منَ اليَدِ السُّفلَى، واليَدُ العُليَا هِيَ المُنْفِقَةُ، واليَدُ السُّفلَى هِيَ السَّائِلَةُ".  

مالك، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [ت] الترمذي عن ابن عمر