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96 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Salih al-Qurashi narrated to me; he said: Abu al-Yaqzan narrated to us; he said: Abu ʿAmr al-Madini narrated to me, from Husayn ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ⦗82⦘ ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbbas, who reported that ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbbas said to his nephew:
“The worthiest gift is what you give a man before he ever asks. Once he has asked, what you hand him is merely the price of his dignity, now that he has had to lay it bare before you.”
٩٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عبد الله قال حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَقْظَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْمَدِينِيُّ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ⦗٨٢⦘ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لِابْنِ أَخِيهِ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْعَطِيَّةِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ قَبْلَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ فَإِنَّمَا تُعْطِيهِ ثَمَنَ وَجْهِهِ حِينَ بَذَلَهُ لَكَ.