The Prophet ﷺ said, "Begging leaves scratches on a man's face. Whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may abandon it, except when a man asks one in authority or asks out of a need from which he can find no escape."
عن النبي ﷺ قال: المسائل كدوح يكدح بها الرجل وجهه فمن شاء أبقى على وجهه ومن شاء ترك، إلا أن يسأل الرجل ذا سلطان أو في أمر لا يجد منه بنا.
Abu Dawud (1639), Nasai (2600), and Tirmidhi (681) all narrated it through the hadith of Shuba, from Abdul-Malik bin Umayr, from Zayd bin Uqbah Fazari, from Samura bin Jundab, and he related it.Except that Tirmidhi narrated it through the hadith of Sufyan, from Abdul-Malik bin Umayr, and said, "A hasan sahih hadith." Ibn Hibban also graded it sahih (3397) through the route of Shuba, and through another route (3386), both from Abdul-Malik bin Umayr, with a similar chain.In one version it says, "A man asks a ruler," meaning the one who holds authority over the public treasury, so he gives him from it if he is deserving of it. And in a wording of Tirmidhi, "toil by which a man wears out his face." Al-kadd, with fatha on the kaf and doubling of the dal, means exertion in work and the pursuit of earning, from which fatigue and weariness show on the face.