2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad bin Isa, from Huraiz bin Abdullah, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The openhandedness is the generous who spends his property in rights.

3. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Hussain Sa’d-Abadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Ahmad bin Nadhr, from Ali bin ‘Awf al-Azdi, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Openhandedness is that a servant’s soul elevates above seeking the forbidden, and if he achieves the permissible, his soul appeals to spend it in (what brings about) the obedience to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He).

4. With this chain of narrators, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from Ibn Faddal, from a man, from Hafs bin Ghiyath, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Openhandedness is a tree whose root is in Paradise and which shades upon this world. The one who adheres to a branch of it will be drawn to Paradise.