Hadith #551
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَمُرَةَ بْنَ جُنْدُبٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْمَسَائِلُ كُدُوحٌ يَكْدَحُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ
فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَبْقَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ ذَا سُلْطَانٍ أَوْ يَسْأَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ لَا يَجِدُ مِنْهُ بُدًّا قَالَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ الْحَجَّاجَ فَقَالَ سَلْنِي فَإِنِّي ذُو سُلْطَانٍ
Isnad Chain
عفان
شعبة
عبد الملك بن عمير
زيد بن عقبة
سمرة بن جندب
English Translation
‘Affān narrated to us, Shu‘bah informed us, ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr informed me, he said: I heard Zayd ibn ‘Uqbah say: I heard Samurah ibn Jundub: the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Requests (for charity) are scratches (kadūḥ) with which a person scratches his own face; whoever wishes may preserve his face (dignity by not begging), and whoever wishes may abandon it — except for one who asks from a ruler, or who asks in a situation he has no way out of.’ He said: I narrated it to al-Hajjāj, and he said: Ask me, for I am a ruler.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 551
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19389
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55779