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4 November 2026 24 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 1769

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Hadith 1769
وَعَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ يَكْفُلُ لِي أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا فَأَتَكَفَّلَ لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ؟» فَقَالَ ثَوْبَانُ: أَنَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا شَيْئا. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَالنَّسَائِيّ
Thauban reported God’s messenger as saying,
"If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him paradise.”
Thauban said that he would, and he never asked anyone for anything.

Abu Dawud and Nasa'i transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1769

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Hadith 1768
وَعَن عمر رَضِي الله عَنهُ قَالَ: تَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنَّ الطَّمَعَ فَقْرٌ وَأَنَّ الْإِيَاسَ غِنًى وَأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ إِذَا يَئِسَ عَن شَيْء اسْتغنى عَنهُ. رَوَاهُ رزين
'Umar said,
"You people must know that covetousness is poverty, despair is wealth, and that when a man despairs of anything he can dispense with it.”.

Razin transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1768 Open
Hadith 1770
وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَشْتَرِطُ عَلَيَّ: «أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَلَا سَوْطَكَ إِنْ سَقَطَ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تنزل إِلَيْهِ فتأخذه» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ
Abu Dharr said that God's messenger called him and laid a condition on him that he should not ask people for anything. When he agreed he said,
"Not even for your whip when you drop it. You must dismount and get it yourself.”

Ahmad transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1770 Open
Hadith 1767
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ رَجُلًا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: أَفِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ: وَفِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ تسْأَل من يغر الله؟ فخفقه بِالدرةِ. رَوَاهُ رزين
'Ali told how, when he heard a man begging from the people on the day of ‘Arafa, he said,
"On this day and in this place do you beg from anyone but God?” He then struck him with a whip.

Razin transmitted it.