Remember! Begging for money as an occupation is haram and an action that leads one to Hell. He who asks for money without being permitted by Islamic law, asks for a place in Hell. The more money he accumulates, the more rightful of entering Hell he becomes.

*   The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: “He who asks without need; it is as though he consumes coals.”^[1]

*   In another hadith, “He who begs in order to increase his wealth is asking for coals, whether he asks for less or more.”^[2]

*   A hadith in Shuʿab al-Īmān mentions, “He who begs from people, despite not starving or having a household he cannot support, will come forth on the Day of Judgement with no flesh on his face.”^[3]

*   The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also said, “The world is sweet and green. Allah will reward and admit into Paradise anyone who earns in a halal fashion and spends according to its right whilst in this world.”^[4]

May Allah grant us the ability to refrain from needlessly begging, and may He allow us to always spend and eat from the fruits of our hard work.

اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Crying at the time of death

Dear Islamic brothers! The Companion Sayyidunā Salmān Fārsi رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was the governor of Mada`in. Regardless of this, he lived a simple life and never accumulated wealth for himself.