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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said from the mimbar when mentioning sadaqa and refraining from
asking, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand
is the one which expends, and the lower one is the one which asks."
Muwatta Malik Book 58, Hadith 8
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al-Laythi from Abu Said al-Khudri that some people of the Ansar asked
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and
he gave to them. Then they asked him again, and he gave to them until
he used up what he had. Then he said, "What wealth I have, I will not
hoard from you. Whoever has forbearance, Allah will help him. Whoever
tries to be independent, Allah will enrich him. Whoever tries to be
patient, Allah will give him patience, and no one is given a better or
vaster gift than patience."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn
Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, sent a gift to Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Umar returned it. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"Why did you return it?" He said, "Messenger of Allah, didn't you tell
us that it is better for us not to take anything from anyone?" The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"That is by asking. Provision which Allah gives you is different from
asking." Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "By the One in whose hand my self
is, I will not ask anything from anyone, and anything that comes to me
without my asking for it, I will accept."