Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1850
وَعَنْ حُبْشِيِّ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ لِغَنِيٍّ وَلَا لِذِي مِرَّةٍ سَوِيٍّ إِلَّا لِذِي فَقْرٍ مُدْقِعٍ أَوْ غُرْمٍ مُفْظِعٍ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ لِيُثْرِيَ بِهِ مَالَهُ: كَانَ خُمُوشًا فِي وَجْهِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَرَضْفًا يَأْكُلُهُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَقُلْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فليكثر ". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Hubshi ibn Junada said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Asking is not lawful for a rich person or for one who is physically strong and sound, except for one in grinding poverty or overwhelming debt. Whoever asks people in order to increase his wealth will have scratches on his face on the Day of Resurrection, and will eat heated stones from Hell. Whoever wishes may ask little, and whoever wishes may ask much.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic gives two exceptions to the prohibition and a vivid description of the consequence of asking to increase one’s wealth.