Mu'awiya reported God’s messenger as saying,
“Do not beg importunately, for I swear by God that none of you who asks me for anything and gets out of me what he asks when I disapprove of it will receive a blessing concerning what I have given him.”
‘Abdallah b. ‘Umar reported God’s messenger as saying,
“When a man is always begging from people the result will be that he will come on the day of resurrection with no flesh on his face.”
Az-Zubair b. al-‘Awwam reported God’s messenger as saying,
“It is better for one of you to take his rope, bring a load of firewood on his back and sell it, God thereby preserving his self-respect, than that he should beg from people whether they give him anything or refuse him.”
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,
“He who begs the property of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals,* so let him ask little or much.”
Muslim transmitted it.
* A reference incurring some of the punishment of hell.
