صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزكاة
The Book of Zakat
باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ الْيَدَ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَأَنَّ الْيَدَ الْعُلْيَا هِيَ الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَأَنَّ السُّفْلَى هِيَ الآخِذَةُ.
Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives
Hadith 1033
This hadith is listed as number 2385 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ، وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، وَالتَّعَفُّفَ عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ : " الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى ، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ ، وَالسُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ " .
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) reported that as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting on the pulpit and talking about Sadaqa and abstention from begging, he said: The upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower one which begs.
