تصدّق عَلَيْهِ
1.
He gave him (i. e. the poor, Mgh, Msb) what is termed
صَدَقَة, (M, Mgh, Msb,) meaning [an alms, or] what is given for the sake of God, (M,) or what is given with the desire of obtaining a recompense from God: (M, * Mgh:) and عليه
صَدَّقَ signifies the same; (M, TA;) and in this sense صدّق is [said by some to be] used in the Qur'an, 75:31. (TA.) Hence, in the Qur'an, 12:88, وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَا: (TA:) or this means (assumed tropical:) And do thou confer a favour upon us by giving that which is [not like the mean merchandise that we have brought, but of middling quality,] between good and bad. (M.) One says, تَصَدَّقْتُ بِكَذَا, meaning I gave such a thing as a
صَدَقَة. (Msb.) See an example voce شِقٌّ. The saying, in a tradition, إِنَّ اللّٰهَ تَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِثُلُثِ
أَمْوَالِكُمْ, meaning (tropical:) [Verily God] hath conferred a favour [upon you by giving you a third of your possessions to bequeath to whom ye will], if correct, is tropical. (Mgh.)
2.
It is said by Ibn-Es-Seed, on the authority of AZ and IJ, and mentioned by IAmb, that تصدّق signifies also He asked, or begged, for what is termed
صَدَقَة [or alms]: but Fr and As and others disallow the beggar's being called مُتَصَدِّق: (Az, TA:) IKt says that the verb is improperly used in this sense by the vulgar: (Msb:) [and according to J and Sgh,] one says, مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ يَسْأَلُ, and one should not say يَتَصَدَّقُ. (S, O.)