rule clarification

[pinchus]

Originally Posted by bonetm

No, you can only give Charity if you have more than five cards (six for a Dwarf)


You can't just discard it. You have to sell or try to trade with another player who can legally have it. If you can't do that, you can't play the new Big Item

correct me if I'm wrong but in the rules it says

(4) Charity: If you have more than five cards in your hand,
you must play enough of them to get down to five, or give the
excess to the player with the lowest Level.

saying that if you have 5 or more you MUST give charity, implying that if you have 5 you CAN give charity if you want to