أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ :" الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى، قَالَ : وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا يَدُ الْمُعْطِي، وَالْيَدُ السُّفْلَى يَدُ السَّائِلِ "

Suleiman bin Harb told us, Hammad bin Zaid told us, on the authority of Ayyub, on the authority of Nafi’, on the authority of Ibn Umar, he said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The upper hand is better than the lower hand.” He said: “The upper hand is the hand of the giver, and the lower hand is the hand of the beggar.”