181 hadith
Someone said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Should I ask people for help, Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "No. But if you must ask, then ask the righteous."
النسائي 2588DaifA 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 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 9421SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to gather a bundle of firewood and carry it on his back is better for him than to ask someone who may give him or refuse him."
البخاري 2374SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to gather a bundle of firewood and carry it on his back is better for him than to ask someone who may give him or refuse him."
البخاري 2074SahihThe 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 4222SahihI 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 11401SahihSometimes the rein would fall from the hand of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq [[r1]], and he would tap the foreleg of his camel to make it kneel so he could pick it up himself. They said to him, "Why did you not ask us to hand it to you?" He replied,…
أحمد 65DaifA 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 2587HasanFirasi asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Messenger of Allah, may I beg from people?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No. But if you must beg, then beg only from the righteous."
أبو داود 1646DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will commit to me one thing for which I will guarantee him Paradise?" I said, "I will." He said, "Do not ask people for anything." After that, whenever Thawban was riding and his whip fell, he would not…
الأعظمي 4224SahihI 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 20106SahihI came to Madinah and stayed at the house of Abu Saeed, and we sat together in the same gathering. He related that one morning he had bound a stone against his stomach because of hunger. His wife, or his mother, said to him, "Go to the…
أحمد 11402SahihHis 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" I said, "I will, Messenger of Allah." He said, "Do not ask people for anything." After that, if Thawban's whip fell while he was riding his…
أحمد 22405SahihI 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, "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 2594SahihThe 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 4218SahihThe 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, "Who will guarantee me one thing and have Paradise in return?" Yahya said, "Here there is a word whose meaning is that he should not ask people for anything."
النسائي 2591SahihHis 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, "For one of you to gather a bundle of firewood on his back and sell it is better than asking another man, who may either give him something or refuse him."
النسائي 2585SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" Thawban said, "I will." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not ask people for anything." Thawban replied, "Yes." And so he never asked anyone for anything.
أحمد 22366SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to gather a bundle of firewood, carry it on his back, and sell it is better than asking someone who may either give to him or refuse him."
أحمد 9868SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me that he will not ask people for anything, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" Thawban said, "I will." So he never asked anyone for anything.
الأعظمي 10121SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not press one another in asking. By Allah, none of you asks me for something and gets it from me through his persistence while I am unwilling to give it, then finds any blessing in what I gave him."
الأعظمي 4206SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in whose hand my soul rests, it is better for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood on his back than to go to a man whom Allah has given of His bounty and beg from him, whether he gives him…
مالك 1943SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to gather a bundle of firewood, carry it on his back, and sell it is better than asking a man who may give him or refuse him."
مسلم 2402SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" I said, "I will." He said, "Do not ask people for anything." After that, when Thawban was riding and his whip fell, he would not ask anyone…
ابن ماجه 1837SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood on his back is better for him than to come to a man and ask him, whether he gives him or refuses him."
البخاري 1470SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Asking for charity leaves scratches with which a man tears at his own face. So whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may abandon it, unless a man asks someone in authority or asks out of a need from…
أبو داود 1639SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, we are a people who ask one another for financial help." He replied, "A man may ask during a calamity or to mend a rift, in order to make peace among his people. But once he obtains enough, or nearly so, he…
أحمد 20033HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to take his ropes, go to the mountain, and come back with a bundle of firewood on his back to sell and live off its price is better for him than asking people, whether they give him or refuse…
أحمد 1429SahihAmarah 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 11061HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "For one of you to take some ropes, gather a bundle of firewood, and sell it, by which Allah preserves his dignity, is better than asking people, whether they give him or refuse him."
البخاري 2373SahihIt 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 Prophet ﷺ said, "For one of you to take his rope, bring a bundle of firewood on his back, and sell it, by which Allah preserves his dignity, is better for him than asking people, whether they give him or refuse him."
الأعظمي 5415SahihThe 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, "Whoever begs from people to increase his wealth is only asking for live coals, so let him ask for little or much."
الأعظمي 4238SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Begging leaves scratches on a man's face. Whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may abandon it, except that a man may ask one in authority, or ask concerning a matter he cannot avoid." The narrator…
أحمد 20265SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to take his ropes and head to the mountain, then come back carrying a bundle of firewood on his back and sell it, becoming self-sufficient through its price, is better for him than asking…
ابن ماجه 1836SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is better for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood to carry on his back than to come to a man whom Allah has favored with bounty and ask him, whether he…
الأعظمي 5412SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is better for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood to carry on his back than to come to a man whom Allah has favored with bounty and ask him, whether he…
الأعظمي 4221SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not press persistently in asking. By Allah, none of you asks me for something, and my giving it is drawn out of me while I am unwilling, then finds any blessing in what I have given him."
مسلم 2390SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise in return?" Thawban said, "I will." He said, "Do not ask people for anything." After that, whenever Thawban's whip fell while he was riding,…
أحمد 22385SahihThawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me that he will not ask people for anything, and I will guarantee him paradise?" Thawban said, "I will." After that, he…
أبو داود 1643SahihThe 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, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood on his back is better for him than to come to a man whom Allah [[r4]] has granted from His bounty and ask him, whether…
النسائي 2590SahihI asked Abu Aliyah, "Who was Thawban?" He replied, "He was a freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guarantee me that he will not ask anyone for anything, and I will guarantee him Paradise?"…
أحمد 22374SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The needy person is not the one who goes around begging, turned away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. Rather, the truly needy person is the one who refrains from asking, who does not beg from people,…
أحمد 3636DaifThe 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 12041SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "It is better for one of you to take his rope, bring back a bundle of firewood on his back, and sell it, by which Allah preserves his dignity, than to ask people, whether they give to him or refuse him."
البخاري 1471SahihUyayna 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 4243SahihThe 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 7317SahihThawban reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will pledge to me one thing, and I will pledge Paradise for him?" I said, "I will, Messenger of Allah." He said, "Do not ask people for anything." After that, Thawban's whip would…
أحمد 22423SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man comes to me asking, and I give him, then he leaves carrying nothing in his arms but fire."
الأعظمي 4241SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you asks, let him ask for much, for he is asking his Lord."
الأعظمي 10965SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The poor person is not the one who is sent away with a date or two, or a morsel or two. Rather, the poor person is the one who refrains from asking. Recite, if you wish," meaning His saying, *"They do not ask people…
البخاري 4539SahihThe 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."
الأعظمي 4240SahihUyayna 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 he instructed Muawiya to write out the grants for them. Aqra took his document,…
أبو داود 1629Daif