"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Begging will be but lacerations on a man's face (on the Day of Resurrection). Unless he asks a man in authority or when he has no alternative."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2600)
"إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ - الرَّجُلُ سُلْطَانًا، أَوْ فِى أَمْرٍ لا بُدَّ مِنْهُ".