قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الْأَيْدِي ثَلَاثٌ يَدُ اللَّهِ الْعُلْيَا وَ يَدُ الْمُعْطِي الَّتِي تَلِيهَا وَ يَدُ الْمُعْطَى أَسْفَلُ الْأَيْدِي فَاسْتَعِفُّوا عَنِ السُّؤَالِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ إِنَّ الْأَرْزَاقَ دُونَهَا حُجُبٌ فَمَنْ شَاءَ قَنَى حَيَاءَهُ وَ أَخَذَ رِزْقَهُ وَ مَنْ شَاءَ هَتَكَ الْحِجَابَ وَ أَخَذَ رِزْقَهُ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلًا ثُمَّ يَدْخُلَ عَرْضَ هَذَا الْوَادِي فَيَحْتَطِبَ حَتَّى لَا يَلْتَقِيَ طَرَفَاهُ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلَ بِهِ السُّوقَ فَيَبِيعَهُ بِمُدٍّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَ يَأْخُذَ ثُلُثَهُ وَ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِثُلُثَيْهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ أَعْطَوْهُ أَوْ حَرَمُوهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, raising it, said, ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The hands are three – The Hand of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> being the upper one, and the hand of the giver is what follows it, and the hand of the recipient being the lowest of the hands. Therefore, refrain from the begging to the extent of your ability. The sustenance are behind a veil, so the one who so desires to would veil his shame and take his sustenance, and the one who so desires to would tear down the veil and take his sustenance. By the One in Whose Hand is my<sup>saww</sup> soul, if one of you were to take a rope, then enters a land of this valley, so he would collect firewood until its (rope’s) ends do not meet, then he enters the market with it, so he sells it for a handful of dates, and he takes a third of it, and gives in charity with two thirds of it, it would be better for him, than if he were to ask the people who would either give him or prevent him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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