180 hadith
A man from the Ansar came to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him for help. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Is there nothing in your house?" He replied, "Yes, a coarse blanket, part of which we wear and part of which we spread out, and a wooden bowl from which…
أبو داود 1641HasanA 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…
ابن ماجه 2198HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No person opens upon himself the door of begging except that Allah opens upon him a door of poverty. For a man to take his rope, head to the mountain, gather firewood on his back, and live off that, is better…
الأعظمي 4222SahihIt is reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Do not be persistent in begging. Whoever extracts something from us through such persistence will find no blessing in it."
الأعظمي 4211SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No person opens upon himself a door of begging except that Allah opens upon him a door of poverty. For a man to take his rope, head to the mountain, gather firewood on his back, and eat from its proceeds is…
أحمد 9421SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him for something, and he gave it to him. As the man placed his foot on the threshold to leave, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you only knew what begging truly entails, no one would walk to another…
النسائي 2587HasanAmarah bin Ghaziyyah reported from Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Saeed Khudri, who reported from his father, that he said, "My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for something. So I came to him and sat down." He continued, "He…
أحمد 11061HasanQabisa said, I undertook a financial responsibility on behalf of someone, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for help with it. He said, "We will pay it on your behalf from the camels of zakat." On another occasion he said, "We…
أحمد 15916SahihA man from the Ansar came to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to him of his need. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Do you have nothing at all?" He brought him a coarse blanket and a wooden cup. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will buy these?" A man said, "I…
أحمد 12134DaifQabisa said, I took on a financial responsibility on behalf of others, so I came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him for help with it. He said, "Stay until the charity comes to us, then we will either pay it on your behalf or assist you with…
أحمد 20601SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say during the Farewell Pilgrimage, while he was standing at Arafah, that an Arabi came to him, took hold of the edge of his cloak, and asked him for it. He gave it to him and the man went away. At that…
الترمذي 653DaifI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever begs without being in need," and he mentioned the like of it.
أحمد 17509DifficultUyayna bin Hisn and Aqra bin Habis came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him for something. He ordered that they be given what they had requested, and instructed Muawiya to write a document for them confirming the grant. Aqra took his…
الأعظمي 4243SahihA man from the Ansar was in need, so his family said to him, "Go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him." He went to him while the Prophet ﷺ was delivering a sermon, in which he was saying, "Whoever seeks to abstain from asking, Allah will grant him…
الأعظمي 4202SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "No man begs while he possesses an uqiyah or its equivalent without his begging being importunate."
أحمد 23648SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "For one of you to take his rope and bring a bundle of firewood on his back to sell, by which Allah preserves his dignity, is better for him than to beg from people, whether they give him something or refuse him."
الأعظمي 4223SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not turn away the beggar empty-handed, even if you can only give him a burnt hoof."
أحمد 16648HasanI came as a guest to Abu Saeed Khudri and we sat together in the same gathering. He related that one morning he had tied a stone over his belly out of hunger, and his wife, or his mother, said to him, "Go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him, for…
أحمد 11401SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs while possessing an ounce of silver or its equivalent has begged persistently."
أحمد 16411SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Give to the beggar, even if he comes on horseback."
مالك 1936DaifI came to Hajjaj bin Yusuf and said, "May Allah set the Amir's affairs right, shall I not relate to you a hadith which Samura bin Jundab narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He replied, "Yes." He said, I heard him saying, the…
أحمد 20106SahihHis mother said to him, "Will you not go and ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as the people ask him?" So I set out to ask him, and I found him standing and delivering a sermon, saying, "Whoever seeks to refrain from begging, Allah will grant…
الأعظمي 4210HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The needy person is not the one who is turned away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. The needy person is the one who restrains himself from begging. Recite, if you wish," meaning the words of Allah Most High,…
الأعظمي 12041SahihWe came to greet him, and we said, "Tell us a hadith." He said, "I accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for three years, and never were there years in which I was more attentive than those, nor more eager to retain what the Messenger of…
أحمد 10151SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people while he has enough to make him independent is only seeking to increase his share of the hot stones of Hellfire." They asked, "What constitutes enough to make one independent?" He…
أحمد 1253DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs without being in real need is as though he were eating burning coals."
الأعظمي 4248SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "By Allah, for one of you to take a rope, gather firewood, carry it on his back, then eat from its proceeds or give in charity, is better for him than to come to a man whom Allah has enriched from His bounty and beg from…
أحمد 7317SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For a man to take a rope, gather firewood with it, bring it to the market and sell it, then use the earnings to support himself, is better for him than asking people, whether they give him or refuse him."
أحمد 1407SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Begging leaves scratches on the face of the one who does it on the Day of Resurrection. So whoever wishes, let him preserve his face, and whoever wishes, let him abandon it. The least objectionable…
الأعظمي 4236SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The truly needy person is not the one who is satisfied by a meal or two, or a morsel or two, or a date or two." Shuba was uncertain about the mention of the morsel and the date. "Rather, the truly needy person is the…
أحمد 9890SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The truly poor person is not the one who goes around begging from people, receiving a morsel here and a morsel there. Rather, the truly poor person is the one who restrains himself from asking and does not persistently…
أحمد 10569SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs without being in need is as though he were eating burning coals."
أحمد 17508DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The needy person is not the one who is turned away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. The truly needy person is the one who refrains from asking. Recite, if you wish, *'They do not beg from people…
الأعظمي 4218SahihHis mother said to him, "Why don't you go and ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ just as other people ask him?" So I set out to ask him, and I found him standing and delivering a sermon, saying, "Whoever seeks to abstain from begging, Allah will…
أحمد 17237SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people to increase his wealth is only asking for live coals, so let him ask for little or much."
الأعظمي 4238SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The poor person is not the one who is sent away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. The truly poor person is the one who refrains from begging. Recite, if you wish, *'They do not beg from people…
مسلم 2394SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The truly needy person is not the one who is turned away with a morsel or two, but the truly needy person is the one who has no wealth and yet is too modest to ask, or who does not press people with persistent begging."
الأعظمي 4219SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "One of you will keep on begging until he meets Allah with not a shred of flesh left on his face."
مسلم 2397SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand my soul rests, for one of you to take his rope, go to the mountain, gather firewood, carry it on his back, and then sell it to feed himself is better than begging from people. And for…
أحمد 7490SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The truly poor person is not the one who goes around begging from you and is sent away with a bite or two of food. Rather, the truly poor person is the one who refrains from asking."
أحمد 9747SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Begging is not permissible except for three. A man whose wealth has been struck by a calamity, so he may beg until he secures enough to sustain his life, then he must stop. A man who has taken on a…
النسائي 2592SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The truly poor person is not the one who is turned away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. Rather, the truly poor person is the one who refrains from begging. If you wish, recite *'They do not beg people…
النسائي 2572SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs while he has enough to make him independent, his begging will appear on the Day of Resurrection as scratches, lacerations, or gashes on his face." Someone asked, "Messenger of Allah, what amount…
ابن ماجه 1840DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to take a rope, go to the mountain, gather firewood, sell it, eat from its earnings, and give in charity is better for him than asking people for anything."
أحمد 10437SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs while possessing the value of an ounce has begged insistently."
الأعظمي 4208HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The truly needy person is not the one who is turned away with a date or two. The truly needy person is the one who does not beg from people, nor is his condition noticed so that he might be given charity."
أحمد 9798SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The poor person is not the one whom a date or two, or a meal or two, sends away. Rather, the poor person is the one who does not ask people for anything, and people do not notice his condition so as to give…
أبو داود 1631SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not be persistent in begging. None of you should ask me for something which I then give reluctantly, for there will be no blessing in what I have given him."
النسائي 2594SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Do not be persistent in begging. By Allah, no one asks me for anything and obtains it through his persistent asking only to find blessing in what I have given him."
أحمد 16893SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people seeking to amass wealth is only asking for live coals, so let him ask for little or much."
مسلم 2399SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people while he is well off will have his begging appear as scratches on his face on the Day of Resurrection."
الأعظمي 4242HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A man keeps begging from people until he comes on the Day of Resurrection without a single piece of flesh on his face."
الأعظمي 4235SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "By Allah, for one of you to take a rope and head out to this mountain, gather firewood, sell it, and become independent of people through it, is better for him than asking people, whether they give him or refuse him."
أحمد 9134SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Respond to the beggar, even if only with a burnt hoof."
أحمد 27450HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Begging leaves scratches on the face of the one who does it on the Day of Resurrection. So whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may expose it. The least objectionable form of…
أحمد 5680SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Begging by a wealthy person is a disgrace upon his face."
أحمد 19911DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people to accumulate wealth is only asking for live coals, so let him ask for little or much."
أحمد 7163SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people while possessing what is sufficient for him, his begging will come on the Day of Resurrection as scratches or lacerations on his face." They asked, "Messenger of Allah, what amount…
أحمد 4207HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begs from people while having enough to make him independent will come on the Day of Resurrection with his begging appearing as scratches, gashes, or lacerations on his face." It was asked, "Messenger…
الترمذي 650DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The truly poor person is not the one who goes about begging from people, turned away with a morsel or two, a date or two. The truly poor person is the one who has no wealth to suffice him, yet is too shy to…
أحمد 8187Sahih