Ahadith

Auf ibn Malik Ashj‘ai relates: Seven, eight or nine of us were with the Holy Prophet on one occasion when he said: Will you not make a covenant with the Messenger of Allah? We had only shortly before made our covenant. So we said: We have made our covenant with you, Messenger of Allah. He repeated: Will you not make your covenant with the Messenger of Allah? So we extended our hands and said: We have already made our covenant with you, Messenger of Allah. What covenant shall we now make with you? He said: That you will worship Allah and will not associate aught with Him, that you will observe the five salats, will obey Allah (here he said something in a low tone and added) and will not ask anyone for anything. Thereafter I have noticed that if a riding whip fell from the hand of one of them he would not ask anyone to restore it to him (Muslim). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: If one of you persists in asking he will face Allah without a shred of flesh on his face (Bokhari and Muslim). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet in the course of an address from the pulpit concerning charity and abstention from begging said: The upper hand is better than the lower; the upper 1s the spending hand the lower is the begging one (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who makes a habit of asking reaches out for a brand of fire, then let him refrain or persist | (Muslim). (Al-Jumu`ah 12)

Samurah ibn Jundub relates that the Holy Prophet said: Begging is an injury that a person inflicts upon his face except in the case of asking a ruler for something, or asking for something in extreme need (Tirmidhi). (Al-Jumu`ah 12)

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who suffers from hunger and seeks relief from men will not be relieved, but he who seeks relief from Allah will be relieved sooner or later (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Al-Jumu`ah 12)

Thauban relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who gives me a guarantee that he will not ask anyone for anything, for him I shall guarantee Paradise. I said: I give you the guarantee. Then Thauban never asked anyone for anything (Abu Daud). (Al-Jumu`ah 12)

Qabisah ibn Mukhariq relates that he had guaranteed an obligation and came to the Holy Prophet to seek assistance in discharging it. The Holy Prophet said: Wait till something comes to me fof charity and I shall give you out of it. He added: Qabisah, asking is not lawful except for three persons. One, a person who assumes a guarantee may ask till the guarantee is discharged and should then refrain. Two, a person whose substance is destroyed by a calamity may ask till he attains a sufficiency. Three, a person who is afflicted by hunger and three men of understanding from his people affirm that he is so afflicted, till he attains a sufficiency, All other asking is unlawtul and he who indulges in it eats that which is unlawful (Muslim). (Al-Jumu`ah 12)

This hadith is the same as No. 266. (Saba 41, Al-Baqarah 274, Al-Baqarah 275)

Umar relates: The Holy Prophet would bestow a bounty upon me and I would say: Bestow it upon someone who is in greater need of it than I am. He said: Take it when it comes to you without asking and without desiring it and make it your property. Then use it yourself or give it away in charity. As . for the rest do not put yourself out to acquire it. Abdullah ibn Umar would not ask anyone for anything, nor refuse anything that was given him (Bokhari and Muslim). (Saba 41, Al-Baqarah 274, Al-Baqarah 275)