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680. Abū Hurairah narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: "For one of you to go out early to gather firewood and carry it on his back so that he can give charity from it and be free of need from the people, is better for him than to ask a man who may give that to him or refuse. Indeed the upper hand (giving) is more virtuous than the lower hand (receiving), and begin with (those who are) your dependants." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Ḥakīm bin Ḥizām, Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī, Az-Zubair bin Al-'Awwām. 'Aṭīyyah As-Sa'dī, 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, Mas'ūd bin 'Amr, Ibn 'Abbās, Thawbān, Ziyād bin Al-Ḥārith As-Ṣudā'ī, Anas, Ḥubshī bin Junādah, Qabiṣah bin Mukhārīq, Samurah, and Ibn 'Umar.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb Ḥadīth, it is Gharīb as a narration of Bayān from Qais.
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Commentary
Begging without a genuine and valid cause is unanimously impermissible. Working hard to earn a livelihood, a person should fulfill one's own needs as well as adopting a habit of giving to others.
