Beggars

assalamu alaikum to the Muslims and salam to the non Muslims



the prophet said: "It is unlawful to give charity to a rich person or to a fit, well-built one." [An-Nasaa'ee and Abu Daawood]



it is a sin to give charity to someone who doesn't need it. give to those who are truly in need. you have the obligation to care for you brothers and sister that they are properly clothed and well fed. it is an obligation to help them. but what about a person who doesn't need your charity



if i had the power i would punish people severely who beg for money unless they are truely poor. if i was a ruler i would have the police arrest beggars and then i would personally go to their homes of these beggars and examine their property to see if they are lying. we live in a time when there are beggars who ask for money so they can afford alcohol and drugs. we live in a time when people will lie about being poor so that they can take advantage of the generousity of the kind hearted. so the generous kind people give to them rather than to those who are truly in need. if someone begs you then give them food to eat. if they need something like clothes then go and buy the clothes for them



Abu Dawud Book 9, Number 1637: Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

A man of the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and begged from him. He (the Prophet) asked: Have you nothing in your house? He replied: Yes, a piece of cloth, a part of which we wear and a part of which we spread (on the ground), and a wooden bowl from which we drink water.

He said: Bring them to me. He then brought these articles to him and he (the Prophet) took them in his hands and asked: Who will buy these? A man said: I shall buy them for one dirham. He said twice or thrice: Who will offer more than one dirham? A man said: I shall buy them for two dirhams.

He gave these to him and took the two dirhams and, giving them to the Ansari, he said: Buy food with one of them and hand it to your family, and buy an axe and bring it to me. He then brought it to him. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) fixed a handle on it with his own hands and said: Go, gather firewood and sell it, and do not let me see you for a fortnight. The man went away and gathered firewood and sold it. When he had earned ten dirhams, he came to him and bought a garment with some of them and food with the others.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then said: This is better for you than that begging should come as a spot on your face on the Day of Judgment. Begging is right only for three people: one who is in grinding poverty, one who is seriously in debt, or one who is responsible for compensation and finds it difficult to pay



Bukhari Volume 2, Book 24, Number 509:

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

I heard Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) while he was on the pulpit speaking about charity, to abstain from asking others for some financial help and about begging others, saying, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is that of the giver and the lower (hand) is that of the beggar."



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