102. Giving is better than Begging

عن عبد اللَّهِ بن عُمَرَ رضي الله عنهما أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قال وهو على الْمِنْبَرِ وَذَكَرَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَالتَّعَفُّفَ وَالْمَسْأَلَةَ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ من الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى فَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا هِيَ الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالسُّفْلَى هِيَ السَّائِلَةُ

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (rta) reported that [once when] on the pulpit God’s Messenger (sws) mentioned about charity, abstention from beggary and that the upper hand is better than the lower one. The upper hand is the one which gives and the lower is the one which asks.[1]

[1]. Ibid., vol. 2, 519, (no. 1362).