and the narrators in its chain are narrators relied upon by both al-Bukhārī and Muslim, as already explained under hadith (151). It also has a corroborating report from Alī ibn Abī Tālib, traced back to the Prophet. It was transmitted by Abdullāh ibn Ahmad in Zawā’id al-Musnad (no. 1252) and by al-Tabarānī in al-Awsat (1/89/21), with a weak chain. Yet al-Mundhirī said (2/4): “Good”!

153—(He also said: “A person will continue begging until he meets Allah with not a scrap of flesh left on his face.” Agreed upon.) p. 123

Authentic. It was transmitted by al-Bukhārī (1/374–375), Muslim (3/96), al-Nasā’ī (1/362), and Ahmad (2/15, 88), from Abdullāh ibn Umar, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said—and he quoted the hadith.

154—(He, peace be upon him, said: “Requests for charity are but scratches that a man inflicts upon his own face. Whoever wishes may preserve his face, and whoever wishes may give it up—unless he asks someone in authority or is faced with a need for which he can find no other recourse.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Nasā’ī. Kudūh means the marks left by scratches.) p. 123

Authentic. It was transmitted by Abū Dāwūd (1639), al-Nasā’ī (1/364), al-Tirmidhī (1/132), al-Tahāwī (1/305), and Ahmad (5/19, 22), by way of Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Zayd ibn Uqba al-Fazārī, from Samura ibn Jundub, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said—and he quoted the hadith. Al-Tirmidhī said: “A sound, authentic hadith.”

155—(Muslim narrated in his Sahīh from Abū Bishr Qabīsa ibn al-Mukhāriq, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: “I had assumed a financial obligation in order to reconcile people, so I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to ask him for assistance with it. He said: ‘Remain here until the alms come to us, and we shall order that some be given to you.’ Then he said: ‘O Qabīsa, indeed