question #2 Sahih Muslim 1056, Book 12, Hadith 165 : How can a leader address perceptions of favoritism or miserliness in their decisions?

Messenger of Allah, I swear by God, the others besides them were more deserving than these (to whom you gave charity). He said: They had in fact left no other alternative for me. but (that they should) either beg importunately from me or they would regard me as a miser, but I am not a miser.