Hadith #128
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَ
سُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْ عُمَرَ فَمَنْ سِوَاهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ
Isnad Chain
هاشم
أبيه سعيد بن عمرو
ابن عمر
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Hashim, from Ishaq ibn Sa'id ibn 'Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-'As, from his father Sa'id ibn 'Amr — that he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The upper hand is better than the lower hand."' Ibn 'Umar said: 'After that I never asked ['Umar] or anyone else [for anything].'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 128
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5766
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42156