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السيوطي:١٢١٧١a –

"اليدُ المُعْطِيَةُ خيرٌ مِنَ اليَد السُّفْلَى".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير والعسكرى في الأمثال عن عطية السعدى

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ahmad:17983 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Simāk b. al-Faḍl > ʿUrwah b. Muḥammad b. ʿAṭiyyah from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The giving hand is better than the receiving hand."  

أحمد:١٧٩٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْيَدُ الْمُعْطِيَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُعْطِي فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحَايِينِ قَدْ يَكُونُ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْآخِذِ

ibnhibban:3361 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»  

tabarani:14570 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Simāk b. al-Faḍl > ʿUrwah b. Muḥammad b. ʿAṭiyyah from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand."  

الطبراني:١٤٥٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْيَدُ الْمُنْطِيَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»