Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 58 of 372
Permissibility of Assistance without Greed
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 58 : Ahadith 538
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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538 Salim, son of Abdullah bin `Umar, from his father Abdullah; from `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ would give me some gift, but I would say: “Give it to someone who needs it more than I.” Thereupon he ﷺ would say, “Take it when it comes to you without begging and without greed, and add it to your property. Then use it yourself or give it away in charity. As for the rest, do not covet it.” Salim said: `Abdullah bin `Umar would never ask anything from anyone, nor would he refuse accepting it when it was given to him.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].