He (the narrator) said...

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘He isn’t the generous, the wasteful one who spends his wealth in other that its right (rightful way), but it is the one who fulfils to Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic what He -azwj has Obligated upon him regarding his wealth, from the Zakat and other such, while the miser is the one who does not fulfil the Right of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic in his wealth’’.

(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from one of our companions, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘What is the limit of generosity?’ He -asws said: ‘You extract from your wealth the right which Allah -azwj has Obligated upon you, and you place it in its (proper) place’’.

(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkil, from Al Sa’dabady, from Al Barqy, from hs father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazr, from Ali Bin Awf Al Azdy who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The generosity is that the soul of the servant is too generous from seeking the Prohibited. When he is successful with the Permissible, his souls fees good in spending it in obedience of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.