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Someone keeps asking me for money

What to do when the asking never stops, and what the Prophet ﷺ told a man who came to him for help.

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  1. Easy come, easy go.

    They agree on the observation and part company on the cause. The proverb shrugs at luck. The verse names a mechanism and asks for something: give, rather than wait for it to go.

    Quran 2:276
  2. Don't give me a fish. Teach me how to fish.

    Close, and not identical. The proverb is about capability. The hadith is about dignity: a different reason for the same advice.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 1471
  3. Actions speak louder than words.

    Weak match, kept because the tension is the point. Presenting it as agreement would be dishonest.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 1

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