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Sahih Muslim is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. It is considered one of the most authentic collections of hadith.
Sahih Muslim 1031 a
Chapter: The virtue of concealing (what is given in) charity
Seven are (the persons) whom Allah would give protection with His Shade on the Day when there would be no shade but that of Him (i. e. on the Day of Judgment, and they are): a just ruler, a youth who grew up with the worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached to the mosques; two persons who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom a beautiful woman of high rank seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer by saying):" I fear Allah" ; a person who gives charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the right hand does not know what the left has given: and a person who remembered Allah in privacy and his eyes shed tears.
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Chapter: The best of charity is that which is given when one is healthy and inclined to be stingy
Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best? Upon this he said: That you should give charity (in a state when you are) healthy and close-fisted, one haunted by the fear of poverty, hoping to become rich (charity in such a state of health and mind is the best). And you must not defer (charity to such a length) that you are about to die and would he saying: This is for so and so, and this is for so and so. Lo, it has already come into (the possession of so and so).
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Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives
The upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower one which begs.
Sahih Muslim 1034
Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives
The most excellent Sadaqa or the best of Sadaqa is that after giving which the (giver) remains rich and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin from the members of your household.
Sahih Muslim 1035
Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives
I begged the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he gave me. I again begged, he again gave me. I again begged, he again gave me, and then said: This property is green and sweet; he who receives it with a cheerful heart is blessed in it, and he who receives it with an avaricious mind would not be blessed in it, he being like one who eats without being satished, and the upper hand is better thad the lower hand.
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Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives
O son of Adam, it is better for you if you spend your surplus (wealth), but if you withhold it, it is evil for you. There is (however) no reproach for you (if you withhold means necessary) for a living. And begin (charity) with your dependents; and the upper hand is better than the lower hand.
Sahih Muslim 1037 a
Chapter: The prohibition of Begging
Be cautious about ahadith except those which were current during the reign of Umar, for he exhorted people to fear Allah, the Exalted and mMajestic. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion; and I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: I am the treasurer. To one whom I give out of (my own) sweet will, he would be blessed in that, but he whom I give (yielding to) his constant begging and for his covetousness is like one who would eat, but would not be satisfied.
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Chapter: The prohibition of Begging
Do not press in a matter, for I swear by Allah, none of you who asks me for anything and manages to get his request while I disdain it, will he be blessed in that which I give him.
Sahih Muslim 1039 a
Chapter: The poor person who cannot find enough to make him independent of means, but the people do not realize that he is in need, so they do not give Charity to him
The poor man (miskin) is not the one who goes round to the people and is dismissed with one or two morsels. and one or two dates. They (the Prophet's Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, then who is miskin? He said: He who does not get enough to satisfy him, and he is not considered so (as to elicit the attention of the benevolent people), so that charity way be given to him. and he does not beg anything from people.
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Chapter: It is disliked to beg from people
When a man is always begging from people. he would meet Allah (in a state) that there would be no flesh on his face.