Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 225
Arabic hadith text
ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ
Translation
There are three traits; whoever combines them has combined faith: being fair even at your own expense, offering greetings of peace to all people, and spending from a state of want.
Translation notes
ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ
The closing phrase al-infaq min al-iqtār is rendered by the witness as spending charitably from the little one has; the wording can also be read as spending despite constrained means.
Which nuance should be preferred for this concise phrase?