Reading the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he transmitted: "

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The reader: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: "From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

He who begs the riches of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals, so let him ask a little or much.

مَن سأل الناس تكثُرًا فإنما يسأل جمرًا، فليستقل أو ليستكثر

Sahih Muslim 1041

, narrated by Muslim.
And from Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Asking is a labor that toils on a man's face, except if a man asks for something from the Sultan (ruler), or he asks for something that he cannot do without.

إن المسألة كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بها الرجل وجهه، إلاّ أن يسأل الرجل سلطانا أو في أمر لابد منه

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 681Sahih (Darussalam)

, narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good, authentic hadith.
And from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

If one who is afflicted with poverty refers it to me, his poverty will not be brought to an end; but if one refers it to Allah, He will soon give him sufficiency, either by a speedy death or by a sufficiency which comes later.

مَن أصابته فاقة فأنزلها بالناس لم تُسَدَّ فاقته، ومن أنزلها بالله، فيوشك الله له برزق عاجل أو آجل

Sunan Abi Dawud 1645Sahih (Al-Albani)

, narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good hadith.
And from Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him Paradise. Thawban said : I (will not beg). He never asked anyone for anything.

من يتكفل لي أن لا يسأل الناس شيئا وأتكفل له بالجنة ؟ فقلت: أنا، فكان لا يسأل أحدًا شيئًا

Sunan Abi Dawud 1643Sahih (Al-Albani)

, narrated by Abu Dawud with a sound chain.
And from Qabisa ibn al-Mukha'riq (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

Qabisa b. Mukhariq said he had become a guarantor for a payment* and he went to God’s messenger to beg from him regarding it. He said, “Wait till I receive the sadaqa and I shall order it to be given you.” He then said, “Begging, Qabisa, is allowable only to one of three classes: a man who has become a guarantor for a payment, to whom begging is allowed till he gets it, after which he must stop begging; a man whose property has been destroyed by a calamity which has smitten him, to whom begging is allowed till he gets what will support life (or he said, what will provide a reasonable subsistence); and a man who has been smitten by poverty, the genuineness of which is confirmed by three intelligent members of his people, to whom begging is allowed till he gets what will support life (or he said, what will provide a reasonable subsistence). Any other reason for begging, Qabisa, is forbidden, and one who engages in such consumes it as a thing which is forbidden.”** Muslim transmitted it. * The word hamala is used of an undertaking to pay a debt or bloodwit. ** The word here used is suht, for its use of Quran (5:42,62,63)

تحملت حَمالة فأتيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أسأل فيها، فقال: أقم حتى تأتينا الصدقة فنأمر لك بها، ثم قال: يا قبيصة إن المسألة لا تحل إلا لأحد ثلاثة: رجل تحمل حَمالة فحلت له المسألة حتى يصيب ثم يمسك، ورجل أصابته جائحة اجتاحت ماله فحلت له المسألة حتى يصيب قِوامًا من عيش، أو قال: سَدادًا من عيش، ورجل أصابته فاقة حتى يقول ثلاثة من ذوي الحجى من قومه: لقد أصابت فلانا فاقة، فحلت له المسألة حتى يصيب قِوامًا من عيش أو قال: سَدادًا من عيش فما سواهن من المسألة يا قبيصة سحت يأكلها صاحبها سُحتًا

Mishkat al-Masabih 1837

, narrated by Muslim.
And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The poor person is not the one who goes round the people and ask them for a mouthful or two (of meals) or a date or two but the poor is that who has not enough (money) to satisfy his needs and whose condition is not known to others, that others may give him something in charity, and who does not beg of people.

ليس المسكين الذي يطوف على الناس ترده اللقمة واللقمتان، والتمرة والتمرتان، ولكن المسكين الذي لا يجد غِنى يغنيه، ولا يُفطن له فيُتصدق عليه، ولا يقوم فيسأل الناس

Sahih al-Bukhari 1479

, agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim".

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