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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزكاة
Book of Zakah
في الاستغناء عن المسألة من قال: اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى؟
On refraining from begging, and those who said: the upper hand is better than the lower hand
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 10997 — On refraining from begging, and those
١٠٩٩٧ - حدثنا غندر عن شعبة قال: سمعت أبا حمزة يحدث عن هلال بن (حصن) (١) قال: نزلت دار أبي سعيد، فضمني وإياه (٢) المجلس، فحدثني أنه أصبح ذات يوم وقد (عصب) (٣) على بطنه من الجوع قال: فأتيت النبي ﷺ فأدركت من قوله وهو يقول: "من يستعفف يعفه اللَّه، ومن يستغن يغنه اللَّه، ومن سألنا إما أن نبذل له وإما أن نواسيه، (ومن) (٤) يستغن (أو) (٥) يستعفف عنا خير (له) (٦) من أن ⦗٣٨٥⦘ يسألنا"، قال: فرجعت فما سألته شيئًا (٧).
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day I had tied a band on my stomach because of hunger. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and heard him saying: "Whoever seeks to remain chaste (from asking), Allah Almighty keeps him chaste; whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah Almighty makes him self-sufficient; and whoever asks us, we will either give to him or help him. (But) whoever remains self-sufficient and chaste (from asking) towards us, that is better for him than asking us." He said: So I went back and did not ask him for anything.
