Az-Zubair bin Al-Awwam (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“It is better for any of you to take a rope and cut some wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back and sell it, to preserve his dignity (as he is earning his own living), rather than ask a person for something and that person may give him or not.”Related by Al-Bukhari.

Samurah bin Jundub (RAA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“begging is like a scratch with which a man scratches his face; unless one is asking the ruler or in the case of dire necessity.”Related by At-Tirmidhi, who regarded it as Sahih.