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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the explanation of the hadith: (Whatever good I have, I do not withhold it from you, and whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah will make him free of need...)

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The Shaykh :
And whoever abstains from asking others for some financial help, Allah will give him and save him from asking others من يستعفف يعفه الله
Sahih al-Bukhari 1427, 1428
or Allah will make him free of need. The meaning is that whoever follows the path of being free of need, Allah will make him free of need, either by giving him what makes him independent of others, or by making his heart content, so that he does not look to anything more than what he has been given. And whoever endures, meaning with regard to calamities, Allah will grant him patience. And whoever complains is deprived of patience. For this reason, the scholars said: It is not permissible for a person to mention his calamities to people as a complaint, because if you complain to Allah about the creation, you are complaining to the Merciful about one who does not show mercy. And if you complain to a son of Adam, you are only complaining to the Merciful about one who does not show mercy. As for informing about something, not in the way of complaining, then that does no harm. For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aisha:
But I am, and my head بل أنا ورأساه
and he informed her that his head was hurting him, and there is no blame in this. And he said, "I am suffering as one of you two would suffer," so he distinguished between a person who informs about what is in him, for example illness, or poverty, or something else, either as a complaint or as information. The first is blameworthy, and the second is permissible. Yes, that is correct. And his saying:
Allah will make him self-sufficient ومن يستغن يغنه الله
Sahih al-Bukhari 1427, 1428
This is a trait that a person should maintain, by being independent of all people. The Companions pledged allegiance to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that they would not ask people for anything. So a man would drop his whip from his camel, and he would dismount and pick it up, and he would not say, "O so-and-so, hand me the whip," because asking is humiliating. So if you are independent of others by what Allah has given you, then Allah will make you independent.
The reciter: The fathah in the opening, its ruling is with a fathah. He said

The Shaykh : Who?
The reciter: Ibn Hajar in al-Fath, in his saying: al-'iffah

The Shaykh : What does he say?
The reciter: With a shaddah on the fathah, Allah will make him free of need

The Shaykh : Yes
The reciter: With a shaddah on the fathah

The Shaykh : Fathah, yes, this is the rule, so its meaning is the one we have, and did he not mention another aspect?
The reciter: Never

The Shaykh : Yes
The reciter: Al-'Ayni

The Shaykh : And what does he say?
The reciter: With a shaddah on the fathah

The Shaykh : And did he not mention another aspect? It is permissible that it be with a dammah if what comes before it is with a dammah, following it. Yes.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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