Mishkat al-Masabih 1837

Qabisa ibn Mukhariq al-Hilali said: I took on a financial obligation, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for help with it. He said, ‘Wait until alms come to us, and we will order some to be given to you.’ Then he said, ‘Qabisa, begging is not lawful except for one of three people: a man who has taken on a financial obligation; begging is lawful for him until he obtains it, after which he must stop. A man struck by a calamity that wipes out his wealth; begging is lawful for him until he obtains enough to maintain his livelihood—or he said, enough for a reasonable subsistence. And a man struck by poverty, until three people of sound judgment from his community testify, “So-and-so has been struck by poverty”; begging is lawful for him until he obtains enough to maintain his livelihood—or he said, enough for a reasonable subsistence. Any begging beyond these cases, Qabisa, is forbidden gain, which its owner consumes as forbidden gain.’ Muslim transmitted it.