[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the restrained one while the lower hand is the one that begs." And Hafs bin Maysarah narrated it from Musa bin 'Uqbah. It was said about him that the upper hand is the spending hand. And Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdan informed us that Ahmad bin 'Ubaid narrated it from Ibn Mihran, meaning Hassan bin Al-Abbas bin Mihran, who narrated it from Suwaid, meaning Ibn Sa'id, who narrated it from Hafs bin Musa. And he mentioned it.  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُتَعَفِّفَةُ وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ 7882 وَرَوَاهُ حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ فَقِيلَ عَنْهُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا ابْنُ مِهْرَانَ يَعْنِي الْحَسَنَ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ ثنا سُوَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ ثنا حَفْصٌ عَنْ مُوسَى فَذَكَرَهُ