سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب الزكاة
The Book of Zakah
بَابُ : الاِسْتِعْفَافِ عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ
Chapter: To Refrain From Asking
Hadith 2590
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْنٌ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلَهُ فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلًا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ، فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَعْطَاهُ أَوْ مَنَعَهُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said:` "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if one of you were to take a rope and gather firewood on his back that would be better for him than coming to a man to whom Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has given of His bounty and asking him (for help). Which he may or may not give.
