رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 526
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Chapter 56
Chapter context: Contentment and Self-esteem and avoidance of unnecessary begging of People
- باب القناعة والعفاف والاقتصاد في المعيشة والإنفاق وذم السؤال من غير ضرورة
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Original Arabic
وعن حكيم بن حزام رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى، وابدأ بمن تعول، وخير الصدقة عن ظهر غنى ومن يستعفف يعفه الله، ومن يستغن يغنه الله” ((متفق عليه)). ((وهذا لفظ البخاري، ولفظ مسلم أخصر)).
Translation
English translation
Hakim bin Hizam (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The upper hand is better than the lower one; and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is (the one which is given) out of surplus; and he who wishes to abstain from begging will be protected by Allah; and he who seeks self- sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah." [Al- Bukhari].
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This is Hadith 526 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 526 under the chapter “Contentment and Self-esteem and avoidance of unnecessary begging of People.”
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