Some people say not to give to beggars because they have become accustomed to it and have made it a profession. What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say that when you encounter a beggar on the road, you give him what you are able to and do not like to rebuke him, in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ad-Duhaa 93:10] But some people say that those beggars are not in need of money, and therefore it is not obligatory to give to them, and that it is a habit they have become accustomed to. So what is the guidance of Shaykh Salih? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The questioner is to be judged by his apparent state, and he is given what is easy to give based on his apparent state, unless you know that he is rich or that he is not in need of begging. In that case, he is advised and shown the prohibition of this act, and he is not given anything if it is known that he is rich; he is not to be given, and he must be advised and reminded, because his act is forbidden. As it came in the hadiths that whoever asks people for much is only asking for embers, and it came in the hadith: This is regarding the one who is not in need of begging. As for the one in need, there is no harm in his asking, and the one asked is to judge by the apparent state unless he knows that this person is rich. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say that when you encounter a beggar on the road, you give him what you are able to and do not like to rebuke him, in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].
وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْAnswer:
The questioner is to be judged by his apparent state, and he is given what is easy to give based on his apparent state, unless you know that he is rich or that he is not in need of begging. In that case, he is advised and shown the prohibition of this act, and he is not given anything if it is known that he is rich; he is not to be given, and he must be advised and reminded, because his act is forbidden. As it came in the hadiths that whoever asks people for much is only asking for embers, and it came in the hadith:
A man does not cease, the asking does not cease from a man, until he comes on the Day of Resurrection and there is not a piece of flesh on his face.
أن الرجل لا يزال لا تزال المسألة بالرجل حتى يأتي يوم القيامة وليس في وجهه مزعة لحم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، بعض الناس يقولون لا تعطوا المتسولين لأنهم قد اعتادوا على ذلك، واتخذوها وظيفة ، ما توجيهكم فضيلتكم؟ — youtube.com
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