صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
صدقة التطوع - ذكر الإخبار بأن اليد السفلى هي السائلة دون الآخذة بغير سؤال
Voluntary Charity – Clarifying That the Lower Hand is the One That Asks, Not the One That Takes Without Asking
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Hadith 3362
أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ الصّبَّاح ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزَّعْرَاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحُوَصِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ مَالِكِ بْنِ نَضْلَة ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الأَيْدِي ثَلاثَةٌ : فَيَدُ اللَّهِ الْعُلِيَا ، وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي الَّتِي تَلِيهَا ، وَيَدُ السُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ ، فَأَعْطِ الْفَضْلَ ، وَلا تَعْجِزْ عَنْ نَفْسِكِ " ، قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ بَيَانٌ وَاضِحٌ بِأَنَّ الأَخْبَارَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا قَبْلُ فِي كِتَابِنَا هَذَا ، أَنَّ الِيَدَ الْعُلِيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِيَدِ السُّفْلَى ، أَرَادَ بِهِ أَنَّ يَدَ الْمُعْطِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يَدِ الآخِذِ ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْ ، وَأَبُو الزَّعْرَاءِ هَذَا : هُوَ الصَّغِيرُ ، وَاسْمُهُ : عَمْرُو بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَخِي أَبِي الأَحُوَصِ ، وَأَبُو الزَّعْرَاءِ الْكَبِيرُ : اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هَانِئٍ ، يَرُوِي عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ " .
Sayyiduna Malik bin Nadlah رضي الله عنه narrates: The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "There are three kinds of hands: the uppermost hand is Allah Almighty's, the hand that gives comes after that, and the lowermost hand is the one that asks. So give away what is extra and do not be helpless regarding your own self." (Imam Ibn Hibban رحمه الله says:): In this narration, there is a clear statement that those narrations which we have previously mentioned in our book—the upper hand is better than the lower hand. What is meant by this is: the hand that gives is better than the one that takes, even if the latter has not asked. The narrator named Abu Zara’ is the younger one; his name is Amr bin Amr bin Malik. (Malik’s father) is the brother of Abu Ahwas, while the elder Abu Zara’s name is Abdullah bin Hani. He has narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud رضي الله عنه.
