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ahmad:9890 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he said: The poor person is not the one who is provided with a meal, or two meals, or a morsel, or two morsels, or a date, or two dates, while harboring doubt about it. Rather, the poor person is the one who has no means to provide for himself, and does not ask people persistently, nor does he feel ashamed to ask people persistently.  

أحمد:٩٨٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ مَنْ تَرُدُّهُ الْأُكْلَةُ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ وَاللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ أَوِ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ شُعْبَةُ شَكَّ فِي اللُّقْمَةِ وَالتَّمْرَةِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا أَوْ يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا  

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bukhari:1476 – Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The poor person is not the one who asks a morsel or two (of meals) from the others, but the poor is the one who has nothing and is ashamed to beg from others."  

البخاري:١٤٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ الأُكْلَةُ وَالأُكْلَتَانِ وَلَكِنِ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ غِنًى وَيَسْتَحْيِي أَوْ لاَ يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا  

ahmad:10067 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ

[Machine] I heard Abu Qasim ﷺ say, "The truly needy person is not the one who is given a few dates, or two dates, or a mouthful of food, or two mouthfuls. Rather, the truly needy person is the one who cannot find enough to sustain themselves and does not ask people insistently."  

أحمد:١٠٠٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِالطَّوَّافِ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَالْأُكْلَةُ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا  

darimi:1656 – Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "The poor person is not the one who is handed a morsel or two, or a small piece of food, or two small pieces of food, or a date, or two dates. Rather, the poor person is the one who does not have sufficient means to make him independent and feels ashamed to ask people for help, or refrains from asking people for help."  

الدارمي:١٦٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ وَالْكِسْرَةُ وَالْكِسْرَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَلَكِنِ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ غِنًى يُغْنِيهِ يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا أَوْ لَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا »  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَحَرِّي صَدَقَةَ الْمَسْتُورِينَ، وَمَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُ دُونَ السُّؤَالِ مِنْهُمْ

ibnhibban:3298 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "The true needy person is not the one who is satisfied with a single meal, two meals, a morsel, two morsels, a date, or two dates. Rather, the truly needy person is the one who cannot find sufficiency, yet they are given sufficiency. They do not ask people insistently for help, and they feel ashamed to ask people insistently for help."  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ بِالطَّوَافِ مَنْ تَرُدُّهُ الْأَكْلَةُ وَالْأَكْلَتَانِ وَاللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمِسْكِينَ الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ غِنًى فَيُغْنِيهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَيَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا»