Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 1639

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When Is It Allowed to Beg?

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Darussalam · Volume 2

9. THE BOOK OF ZAKĀT

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الحديث: 1639 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 119

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1639. Samurah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Begging (is like) wounds that a person scars his face with. So whoever desires to leave (flesh) on his face (should not ask), and whoever desires (otherwise) may abandon it, except if a person asks the Sulṭān (ruler), or is in a situation in which he finds no other alternative.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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1639 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الْفَزَارِيِّ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْمَسَائِلُ كُدُوحٌ يَكْدَحُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَبْقَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ ذَا سُلْطَانٍ، أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ لَا يَجِدُ مِنْهُ بُدًّا»

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