10وَأَمَّا السّائِلَ فَلا تَنهَرMir Ahmed AliAnd1 as to the begger, chideI him not!‘Sayil’, i.e., a seeker need not always be a begger asking for any pecuniary charity. It may as well refer to the seeker of knowledge. Taking the meaning as a begger, we are warned against rebuking them or treating them with the least hardship or scorn. The Holy Prophet said that “If any seeker comes to thee even mounted on a horse even then, return him not disappointed. Even then he has a right over thee to help him as much as thou canst do it.”Though begging is condemned in Islam, yet as the Holy Prophet has suggested in one of his sayings—If a person gives up his self respect and stretches out his hand in begging, he should not be further humiliated by being chided. (A.P.)People addressed through the Prophet