746 – Qabisa ibn Mukharik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Begging is not lawful except for one of three people: a man who has undertaken to pay an indemnity; for him it becomes permissible to beg until he secures the required amount, and then he must desist; a man whose wealth has been destroyed by a calamity that wiped it out; for him it is permissible to beg until he attains the means to maintain himself; and a man who has been struck by poverty, until three men of sound judgment from among his own people affirm, ‘So-and-so has been overtaken by need.’ In that case it becomes permissible for him to beg.” Reported by Muslim (1).

• Vocabulary of the ḥadith:

• Qabisa: the name of the Companion who narrates this report.
• Mukharik: his father’s name, pronounced with a ḍammah on the mīm.
• al-masʾalah: asking people for their money.
• ḥamālah: a financial obligation borne on behalf of others, especially blood-money; plural ḥamalāt.
• thumma yumsik: “then he must desist,” meaning he is to stop asking.
• jāʾiḥah: as stated in al-Nihāyah, a blight that devastates crops or property; plural jawāʾiḥ.
• qiwām: (with a kasrah on the qāf) that which sustains a person in terms of basic provision.
• ʿaysh (living): from ʿāsha–yaʿīshu, “to live”; the noun denotes life or subsistence, and the intended sense here is what