Yazid bin Uqbah Fazari says: I went to Hajjaj bin Yusuf and said: May Allah rectify the affairs of the Amir, shall I narrate to you a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which I heard from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him)? He said: Yes. Yazid said: I heard from Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Asking (begging) is a scratch, by which a servant wounds his own face. Now, whoever wishes, let him protect his face, and whoever wishes, let him leave it. Yes, a person should ask from the ruler or fulfill a need for which there is no other way.