23. Begging tarnishes a person's da’wah, which is why the Prophets & Messengers went out of their way to distance themselves from begging - “we ask no reward of

24. Beggers in the name of ’ilm and da’wah set a bad example for others 25. Begging opens the door for wealthy donors to have a negative influence on the da’wah 26. Beggers take advantage of sincere volunteers to get things done, while they make a living off donations 27. Students of knowledge are brought in to deliver free classes. These classes are then video recorded and uploaded online to attract new donors. The students are labelled as 'Sheikh' to give more credibility to the establishment. Although this miskeen student works his socks off teaching and attracting 'new donors', the moment he steps out of line and goes against the administration, he is expelled and replaced by someone else...and the cycle continues. 28. Beggers go out of their way to make themselves look good infront of the scholars and they do the exact opposite with regards to those who advise them against begging. 29. Beggers exploit ambiguous fatwas and differences of opinion amongst scholars to their advantage and they ignore the clear evidences prohibiting what they're upon of begging. 30. Begging is addictive, hence why after completing one project, you find beggers moving onto bigger projects. 31. Tasweer (picture-making) is a crucial advertisement tool for beggers, that is why it's almost impossible to find a begger who says tasweer is ḥarām. 32. Beggers know what the public like, so they strive to achieve that, and they know what the public dislike, so they strive to refrain from that - even if it means opposing the way of the Salaf. For example, knowledge based refutations are something that is generally frowned upon by people, so they distance themselves from that, although in their private sittings they backbite those who advise them. Likewise, they know that blockbuster videos attract people, so they strive to produce high quality, action packed clips for public enjoyment. They know that commanding good and forbidding evil drives people away, so they don't practise this as much in their gatherings. 33. Beggers leave themselves exposed to Fitnah; the Prophet ﷺ said: “Indeed every Ummah is trialled with a Fitnah, and the Fitnah of my Ummah is wealth.” [Tirmithi] Final advice: Ya Jamā’ah, I advise you with the Prophet's advice to Abu Dharr raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu: “O Abū Dharr, I find that you are weak and I like for you what I like for myself. Do not rule over (even) two persons and do not manage the property of an orphan.” [Muslim] You are not stronger than Abu Dharr raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu, so leave off collecting the wealth of the people! [these points were summarised with some additions from: Aṣ-Ṣiyānah Al-’ilmiyyah fī At-Taḥdhīr min At-Tasawwul wal Mutasawwilīn bi ism Ad-Da’wah As-Salafiyyah]