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Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said:

CHARITY SURPLUS FROM ONE'S NEEDS

|H 528

“The upper hand (the giver) is better than the lower (the receiver);
begin with your dependents, and the best charity is from your
surplus. Whosoever abstains from asking will be shielded by Allah;
and he who refrains - may Allah enrich him.”

Bukhari with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said this.

PERSISTENT ASKING

|H 529

“Do not ask persistently. If I were to be asked for something and