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tabarani:4403 – ʿUbayd al-ʿIjly > Jubārah b. al-Mughallis > Ḥammād b. Shuʿayb > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand of the giver is higher than the hand of the taker until the Day of Judgment."  

الطبراني:٤٤٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدٌ الْعِجْليُّ ثنا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَدُ الْمُعْطِي الْعُلْيَا وَيَدُ الْآخِذِ السُّفْلَى إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

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hakim:2307 – Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAlī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The taker and the giver are equal in interest."  

الحاكم:٢٣٠٧ – أَخبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ أَنْبَأَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْآخِذُ وَالْمُعْطِي سَوَاءٌ فِي الرِّبَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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»