Is it permissible to hint and tell a generous person: “There is a person in need of money who has a debt,” when I mean myself?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A debt fell upon me at a certain time, and I was too shy to ask for it for myself from the generous people. So I asked one of the scholars of knowledge if it is permissible for me to hint, and say to the generous person that there is a person in need who has a debt? He answered yes. Then I heard you, O Honorable One, saying that it is not permissible, and that I must identify myself. His question says: I have now taken this amount,

Answer:
I do not recall saying that. I said that if a person is entrusted with distributing zakah, he should not take anything from it. The agent does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the principal. That is what I said and what I say now. As for hinting to a needy person while you mean yourself, there is no harm, if Allah wills, if you are in need. Yes. This is not an agency. Yes.