Muwatta Malik #1979
Sadaqa
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ وَمَا زَادَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا بِعَفْوٍ إِلاَّ عِزًّا وَمَا تَوَاضَعَ عَبْدٌ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيُرْفَعُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمْ لاَ .
Yahya related that Malik heard al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman say,
"Sadaqa does not decrease property, and Allah only increases a slave
in worth for his restraint, and no slave is humble but that Allah
raises him."
Malik said, "I do not know whether this hadith
goes back to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, or
not."
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This hadith is #1979 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Sadaqa.