BEGGING

It is not lawful for any person po e ing sufficient food for a day and night to beg ( Durru ʾl-Muk͟htār , p. 108), and it is related that the Prophet said: “Acts of begging are scratches and wounds with which a man wounds his own face.” “It is better for a man to take a rope and bring in a bundle of sticks to sell than to beg.” “A man who continues to beg will appear in the Day of Judgment without any flesh on his face.” ( Mishkāt , Book vi. chap. v.)