Sahih Muslim #2269
The Book of Zakat
The upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower one which begs.
Narrated by Abdullah b. Umar reported that as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting on the pulpit and talking about Sadaqa and abstention from begging, he said:
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