Hadith #515
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَال
َ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلَ كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بِهَا أَحَدُكُمْ وَجْهَهُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ كُدُوحٌ يُكْدَحُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ ذَا سُلْطَانٍ أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
سفيان وابن جعفر
شعبة
عبد الملك بن عمير
زيد بن عقبة
سمرة بن جندب
English Translation
Wakī‘ narrated to us, Sufyān narrated to us; and Ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, Shu‘bah narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from Zayd ibn ‘Uqbah, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘These requests (for charity) are scrapes (kuddūḥ) with which a person scrapes his own face — Ibn Ja‘far said: scratches (kuddūḥ) that scratch a man — except for one who asks from a ruler, or in a matter he cannot avoid.’
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 515
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19353
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55743