“Al-kadd” means a scratch or similar wound.
539 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever is overtaken by want and then lays it before people, his want will not be relieved; but whoever lays it before Allah, Allah will soon provide for him, whether sooner or later.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who graded it sound (ḥasan).
(yūshiku) – with a kasrah on the shīn – means “he will soon (hasten to)”.
540 – Thawbān (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “Whoever guarantees (1) for me that he will not ask people for anything, I guarantee him Paradise.” I said, “I will,” and thereafter he never asked anyone for anything. Reported by Abū Dāwūd with an authentic chain of transmission.
541 – Abū Bishr Qabīṣah ibn al-Mukhāriq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I took on liability for a financial obligation, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asking him about it. He said, “Stay until the charity funds arrive and we shall order that something be given to you.” Then he added: “O Qabīṣah, asking is lawful only for one of three men:
- A man who has undertaken liability (ḥamālah); for him asking is permissible until he receives the amount, after which he must refrain.
- A man struck by a disaster that has devoured his wealth; for him asking is permissible until he obtains what will sustain his livelihood—or, he said, what will cover his basic needs.
- A man afflicted by poverty, such that three men of sound judgment from his own people testify, ‘So-and-so has been overtaken by need.’ For him asking is permissible until he obtains what will sustain his livelihood, or, he said, what will cover his basic needs.
Anything beyond these cases, O Qabīṣah, is illicit; whoever takes it is consuming unlawful wealth.” Reported by Muslim.
“Al-ḥamālah,” with an open ḥāʾ, refers to a situation in which fighting or the like breaks out between two parties, and someone reconciles them on the basis of a monetary payment that he personally undertakes and guarantees.
“Al-jāʾiḥah” is a calamity that strikes a person’s property.
“Al-qiwām,” with the qāf either kasrah or fatḥah, denotes the amount of wealth by which a person’s affairs are maintained.