عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ، وَذَكَرَ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَالتَّعَفُّفَ، وَالمَسْأَلَةَ: «اليَدُ العُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ اليَدِ السُّفْلَى، فَاليَدُ العُلْيَا: هِيَ المُنْفِقَةُ، وَالسُّفْلَى: هِيَ السَّائِلَةُ».
Imepokelewa kutoka kwa Abdallah bin Omari -radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake na baba yake-: Ya kwamba Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake alisema huku akiwa juu ya Mimbari, na akataja sadaka, na kujizuia kuomba, na kuombaomba: "Mkono wa juu ni bora kuliko mkono wa chini, mkono wa juu: Ni ule unaotoa, na mkono wa chini: Ni ule unaoomba".
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said while he was on the pulpit, mentioning charity and refraining from asking people: "The upper hand is better than the lower hand; the upper hand is the giving hand, and the lower hand is the begging hand."
Hapa kuna fadhila za ukarimu na utoaji katika njia za kheri, na ubaya wa kuombaomba.
Hapa kuna himizo la kujizuia kuomba, na kuwaepuka watu, na himizo la kufanya mambo matukufu, na kuacha yenye udhalili, na Mwenyezi Mungu anapenda mambo ya juu zaidi.
Mikono ina aina nne katika ubora, kama ifuatavyo: Wa juu zaidi ni ule unaotoa, kisha unaojizuia kuchukua, kisha unaopokea pasina kuomba, kisha unafuata wa chini kuliko hiyo, ule unaoomba.