A man from the Ansar came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him for help.The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you have anything in your house?"He replied, "Yes, a coarse blanket, part of which we wear and part of which we spread out, and a wooden cup from which we drink water."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Bring them to me."So he brought them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took them in his hand and said, "Who will buy these two?"A man said, "I will take them for one dirham."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will offer more than a dirham?" He repeated this two or three times.Another man said, "I will take them for two dirhams."So he gave them to him and took the two dirhams, then handed them to the Ansari and said, "Buy food with one of them and bring it to your family, and buy an axe with the other and bring it to me."The man did so, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the axe and fixed a wooden handle into it with his own hand, then said, "Go and gather firewood, and let me not see you for fifteen days."So the man went off gathering firewood and selling it. He returned having earned ten dirhams.The Prophet ﷺ said, "Buy food with some of it and clothing with the rest." Then he said, "This is better for you than for begging to come as a mark on your face on the Day of Resurrection. Begging is not lawful except for one in dire poverty, one burdened by crushing debt, or one liable for a painful blood-payment."
حدثنا هشام بن عمار حدثنا عيسى بن يونس حدثنا الأخضر بن عجلان حدثنا أبو بكر الحنفي
أن رجلا من الأنصار جاء إلى النبي ﷺ يسأله فقال لك في بيتك شيء قال بلى حلس نلبس بعضه ونبسط بعضه وقدح نشرب فيه الماء قال ائتني بهما قال فأتاه بهما فأخذهما رسول الله ﷺ بيده ثم قال من يشتري هذين فقال رجل أنا آخذهما بدرهم قال من يزيد على درهم مرتين أو ثلاثا قال رجل أنا آخذهما بدرهمين فأعطاهما إياه وأخذ الدرهمين فأعطاهما الأنصاري وقال اشتر بأحدهما طعاما فانبذه إلى أهلك واشتر بالآخر قدوما فأتني به ففعل فأخذه رسول الله ﷺ فشد فيه عودا بيده وقال اذهب فاحتطب ولا أراك خمسة عشر يوما فجعل يحتطب ويبيع فجاء وقد أصاب عشرة دراهم فقال اشتر ببعضها طعاما وببعضها ثوبا ثم قال هذا خير لك من أن تجيء والمسألة نكتة في وجهك يوم القيامة إن المسألة لا تصلح إلا لذي فقر مدقع أو لذي غرم مفظع أو دم موجع