Hadith #449
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Arabic Text
وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِالطَّوَّافِ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَالْأُكْلَةُ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا
English Translation
With the same chain, he said: "I heard Abu al-Qasim (ﷺ) say: 'The truly needy person is not the one who goes around begging and is turned away by a date or two or a morsel or two. Rather, the truly needy person is the one who does not have enough to suffice him, yet does not ask people persistently.'"
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 449
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9687
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-46077