Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1842
وَعَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ. وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» . قَالَ حَكِيمٌ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا "
Hakim ibn Hizam said: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave me something. Then I asked him again, and he gave me something. Then he said to me, ‘Hakim, this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with a contented heart will be blessed in it; whoever takes it with a covetous heart will not be blessed in it. He will be like one who eats but is not satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.’ Hakim said: I replied, ‘Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will not take anything from anyone after you until I leave this world.’
Translation notes
The source uses the image of the upper hand and lower hand without the English witness’s explanatory gloss identifying them as giver and receiver.