1647 — Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi narrated to us, from Layth, from Bukayr ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj, from Busr ibn Sa'id, from Ibn al-Sa'idi, who said: 'Umar appointed me to collect the charity (sadaqah). When I finished the task and handed it over to him, he ordered that I be given wages for my work. I said: "I only worked for God, and my reward is with God." He said: "Take what you have been given, for I worked during the time of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he gave me wages." I said the same as you have said, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me: "When you are given something without asking for it, eat it and give in charity."(1)

1648 — 'Abdullah ibn Maslamah narrated to us, from Malik, from Nafi', from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said while on the pulpit, mentioning charity (sadaqah), refraining from it, and asking: "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that gives, and the lower hand is the one that asks."(2)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. Abu al-Walid: he is Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik al-Tayalisi, and Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd, and Ibn al-Sa'idi — and it is also said Ibn al-Sa'di —: he is 'Abdullah.
Muslim (1045) and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (2396) also transmitted it via the route of Bukayr ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj, from him.
Al-Bukhari (7164) and al-Nasa'i (2397–2398) also transmitted it in a similar manner via the route of Huwaytib ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Sa'di, from him.
It is found in Musnad Ahmad (371) and Sahih Ibn Hibban (3405).
It will come in abbreviated form under number (2944).
Al-'umalah (with a damma on the 'ayn): the wage of a worker for his work. And 'ammalani (with a shaddah on the mim): he gave me wages. As for al-'amalah (with a fatha on the 'ayn), it refers to the work itself.
(2) Its chain of transmission is sound.
It is found with Malik in al-Muwatta' 2/998, and from his route al-Bukhari (1429), Muslim (1033), and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (2324) transmitted it.
Al-Bukhari (1429) also transmitted it via the route of Ayyub, from Nafi', from him.
It is found in Musnad Ahmad (4474) and Sahih Ibn Hibban (3364).