Ibn al-Firasi said that al-Firasi asked God's messenger whether he might beg, and the Prophet (ﷺ) replied,
“No; but if there is no escape from it, beg from the upright.”
Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.
وَعَن ابْن السَّاعِدِيّ الْمَالِكِي أَنه قَالَ: استعملني عمر بن الْخطاب رَضِي الله عَنْهُم عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا وَأَدَّيْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ أَمَرَ لِي بِعُمَالَةٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا عَمِلْتُ لِلَّهِ وَأجْرِي على الله فَقَالَ خُذْ مَا أُعْطِيتَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَمَّلَنِي…
Ibn as-Sa‘idi said: ‘Umar employed me to collect the sadaqa, and when I finished doing so and gave it to him he ordered payment to be given me, but I said, “I did it only for God’s sake, and my reward will come from God.…
'Ali told how, when he heard a man begging from the people on the day of ‘Arafa, he said,
"On this day and in this place do you beg from anyone but God?” He then struck him with a whip.
Razin transmitted it.
'Umar said,
"You people must know that covetousness is poverty, despair is wealth, and that when a man despairs of anything he can dispense with it.”.
Razin transmitted it.
Thauban reported God’s messenger as saying,
"If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him paradise.”
Thauban said that he would, and he never asked anyone for anything.
Abu Dawud and Nas…
Abu Dharr said that God's messenger called him and laid a condition on him that he should not ask people for anything. When he agreed he said,
"Not even for your whip when you drop it. You must dismount and get it yourse…