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bukhari:2075 – Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām

The Prophet ﷺ said, "One would rather take a rope and cut wood and carry it than ask others).  

البخاري:٢٠٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَحْبُلَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2464 – Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī And Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās Innamā

“For one of you to give (land) to his brother is better for him than if he were to take a set amount in rent for it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الأَرْضَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا  

tabarani:10880 – Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to give his brother his land as a gift is better for him than taking a specified reward."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَجْرًا مَعْلُومًا»  

suyuti:17081a –
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السيوطي:١٧٠٨١a –

"لأَن يَأخذَ أَحَدُكمْ حَبْلَهُ ثُمَّ يَغْدُو إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَيَحْتَطِبَ فَيَبيعَ فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْألَ النَّاسَ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي عن أبي هريرة