Chapter 8 of 311 min read

3. Patience in refraining from begging. There is a dispute as to whether begging from

الصبر والشكر — الفصل 8

people is forbidden or permissible. Imam Ahmad said that this kind of patience and abstention is allowed. He was asked, "What if a person fears that if he does not do this, he will die?" Imam Ahmad answered, "No, he will not die. Allâh will send him his due provision (rizq)." Imam Ahmad did not allow begging: when Allâh knows the need of a person and his sincerity in abstaining from begging, Allâh will send him rizq. Other scholars, including some of Imam Ahmad's companions and Imam ash-Shafi'î said, "It is obligatory on such a person to beg, and if he did not beg, than he would be a wrongdoer, because by begging he protects himself from death."

Chapter 8 of 311 min read

3. Patience in refraining from begging. There is a dispute as to whether begging from

الصبر والشكر — الفصل 8

people is forbidden or permissible. Imam Ahmad said that this kind of patience and abstention is allowed. He was asked, "What if a person fears that if he does not do this, he will die?" Imam Ahmad answered, "No, he will not die. Allâh will send him his due provision (rizq)." Imam Ahmad did not allow begging: when Allâh knows the need of a person and his sincerity in abstaining from begging, Allâh will send him rizq. Other scholars, including some of Imam Ahmad's companions and Imam ash-Shafi'î said, "It is obligatory on such a person to beg, and if he did not beg, than he would be a wrongdoer, because by begging he protects himself from death."