سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الزكاةZakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)
باب كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمَسْأَلَةِChapter: Disapproval Of Begging.
Hadith 1643
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ ثَوْبَانُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ تَكْفُلُ لِي أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا وَأَتَكَفَّلُ لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ؟ " فَقَالَ ثَوْبَانُ : أَنَا ، فَكَانَ لَا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا .
Thawban, the client of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, reported him as saying: If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him Paradise. Thawban said: I (will not beg). He never asked anyone for anything.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1643. English Commentary: Not asking from people, in its broader sense, also includes not asking from other than Allah, which is the essence of tawhid (monotheism). And the guarantee of entering Paradise is also connected to this. However, our society is such that assemblies of shirk (polytheism) are set up everywhere for asking from other than Allah, where the simple-minded people's wealth is put at stake. May Allah protect us. And the professional beggars have no awareness of the evil of their actions and their bad end. (La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1643
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
English translation:
The promise of Paradise is not a trivial matter, but the restriction of not asking anything from anyone is also a very difficult affair. The courage, self-restraint, and reliance upon Allah (tawakkul) required for this are not within everyone’s capacity. Only rarely can such people be found.
The promise of Paradise is not a trivial matter, but the restriction of not asking anything from anyone is also a very difficult affair. The courage, self-restraint, and reliance upon Allah (tawakkul) required for this are not within everyone’s capacity. Only rarely can such people be found.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2591
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Self-sufficiency is a cause for entering Paradise.
It is better not to seek help from others for tasks that a person can do himself.
The noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) would adhere to the Prophetic instructions as much as possible.
This hadith expresses the greatness and status of Thawban (radi Allahu anhu), as he received the promise of Paradise from the blessed tongue of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
➊ Self-sufficiency is a cause for entering Paradise.
It is better not to seek help from others for tasks that a person can do himself.
The noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) would adhere to the Prophetic instructions as much as possible.
This hadith expresses the greatness and status of Thawban (radi Allahu anhu), as he received the promise of Paradise from the blessed tongue of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1837
