Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2571
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَاللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ إِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الْمُتَعَفِّفُ اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ { لاَ يَسْأَلُونَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا } " .
Ali ibn Hujr reported: Ismail informed us: Sharik narrated to us, from Ata ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The needy person is not the one whom a date or two dates, or a morsel or two morsels, turn away. The truly needy person is the self-restrained one. Recite, if you wish: They do not ask people insistently.
Translation notes
The report contrasts a visibly asking person who is turned away by a small amount with the self-restrained needy person, then quotes the verse.