Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2404

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ رِيَابٍ حَدَّثَنِى كِنَانَةُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ الْعَدَوِىُّ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ الْهِلاَلِىِّ قَالَ تَحَمَّلْتُ حَمَالَةً فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَسْأَلُهُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ « أَقِمْ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ فَنَأْمُرَ لَكَ بِهَا ». قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ « يَا قَبِيصَةُ إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لاَ تَحِلُّ إِلاَّ لأَحَدِ ثَلاَثَةٍ رَجُلٍ تَحَمَّلَ حَمَالَةً فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَهَا ثُمَّ يُمْسِكُ وَرَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ اجْتَاحَتْ مَالَهُ فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ - أَوْ قَالَ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ - وَرَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ حَتَّى يَقُومَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنْ ذَوِى الْحِجَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ لَقَدْ أَصَابَتْ فُلاَنًا فَاقَةٌ فَحَلَّتْ لَهُ الْمَسْأَلَةُ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ قِوَامًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ - أَوْ قَالَ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ - فَمَا سِوَاهُنَّ مِنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ يَا قَبِيصَةُ سُحْتًا يَأْكُلُهَا صَاحِبُهَا سُحْتًا ».

It was narrated that Qabisah bin Mukhariq Al- Hilali said: ‘I incurred a debt (in order to reconcile between two parties) and I came to Messenger of Allah (SAW) to ask him (for help) with it. He said: ‘stay with us until the charity comes, and we will order that something will be given to you.’ Then he said: ‘O Qabisah, asking for help is not permissible except in one of three cases: A man who has incurred a debt (in order to reconcile between two parties)’, for whom it is permissible to ask for help until he has paid it of, then he should refrain; a man who has been stricken by calamity that has destroyed all his wealth, for whom it is permissible to ask for help until he gets enough to get by’- or he said- ‘he gets enough to meet his basic needs’; and a man who is stricken by poverty and three man of wisdom among his people acknowledge that So- and so has been stricken by poverty, then it becomes permissible for him to ask for help until he gets enough to get by’ – or he said: ‘to meet his basic needs.’ Apart from these basic cases asking for help, O Qabisah is unlawful, and the one who begs is consuming something unlawful.”’