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tabarani:6892[Chain 1] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Muḥammad b. Abū al-Sarī al-ʿAsqalānī > Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah b. Jundub [Chain 2] ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Zayd b. ʿUqbah > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: "Every question is a hook and a poke on the face of a man, except when the man asks his father or the ruler who is responsible."  

الطبراني:٦٨٩٢حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ثنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ ح وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمَسْأَلَةُ كُدُوحٌ وَخُدُوجٌ فِي وَجْهِ الرَّجُلِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ أَبَاهُ أَوِ الْأَمِيرَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī
nasai:2600Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik > Zayd b. ʿUqbah > Samurah b. Jundub

"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."'  

النسائي:٢٦٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْأَلَةُ كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ سُلْطَانًا أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهُ  

tirmidhi:681Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > And Kiyiʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Zayd b. ʿUqbah > Samurah b. Jundab

the Messenger of Allah said: "Asking is a labor that toils on a man's face, except if a man asks for something from the Sultan (ruler), or he asks for something that he cannot do without."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيِعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ كَدٌّ يَكُدُّ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ سُلْطَانًا أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ