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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الزكاةThe Book of Zakat
باب كَرَاهَةِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ لِلنَّاسِ:Chapter: It is disliked to beg from people
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، وَوَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ تَكَثُّرًا ، فَإِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُ جَمْرًا ، فَلْيَسْتَقِلَّ أَوْ لِيَسْتَكْثِرْ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who begs the riches of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals, so let him ask a little or much.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
Without necessity or compulsion, merely out of greed and desire for increase in wealth, asking (begging) is impermissible. This will become a cause of humiliation and disgrace for a person on the Day of Resurrection. A person will be deprived of the radiance and beauty of his face’s flesh, and these dirhams will become burning coals of fire for him.
Benefits and Issues:
Without necessity or compulsion, merely out of greed and desire for increase in wealth, asking (begging) is impermissible. This will become a cause of humiliation and disgrace for a person on the Day of Resurrection. A person will be deprived of the radiance and beauty of his face’s flesh, and these dirhams will become burning coals of fire for him.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2399
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Asking (begging) without necessity is such a grave offense that in this way, a person makes himself deserving of the marks of Hell.
➋ It is obligatory to avoid unlawful (haram) earnings.
➊ Asking (begging) without necessity is such a grave offense that in this way, a person makes himself deserving of the marks of Hell.
➋ It is obligatory to avoid unlawful (haram) earnings.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1838
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation 517:
تَکَثُّرًا: With the intention of increasing wealth, not for fulfilling one’s need or necessity.
جَمْرًا: A burning ember of fire.
فَلْیَستَقِلَّ ... etc.: Meaning, whether he takes little or much. Your statement that he may take little or much contains command, warning, and rebuke, and there is a severe threat regarding the danger of this action.
Benefits and Issues 517:
➊ This hadith proves that begging as a profession is unlawful.
➋ For a strong and able-bodied person, asking (begging) becomes a cause of disgrace in society.
➌ Giving charity to those who have made begging without necessity their habit is questionable.
تَکَثُّرًا: With the intention of increasing wealth, not for fulfilling one’s need or necessity.
جَمْرًا: A burning ember of fire.
فَلْیَستَقِلَّ ... etc.: Meaning, whether he takes little or much. Your statement that he may take little or much contains command, warning, and rebuke, and there is a severe threat regarding the danger of this action.
Benefits and Issues 517:
➊ This hadith proves that begging as a profession is unlawful.
➋ For a strong and able-bodied person, asking (begging) becomes a cause of disgrace in society.
➌ Giving charity to those who have made begging without necessity their habit is questionable.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 517
