قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ صَدَقَةٌ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَ ابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ وَ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَ لَا يَلُومُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْكَفَافِ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdul A’ala, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Every act of kindness is a charity, and the most superior of the charities is a charity from the back of affluence; and begin by favouring the dependants; and the upper (providing) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand; and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would not Blame you upon the subsistence’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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