Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ السَّقَّاءِ الْإِسْفِرَايِينِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَطَّةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ {فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْبَائِسَ الْفَقِيرَ} [الحج 28] قَالَ الْبَائِسُ الَّذِي يَسْأَلُ بِيَدِهِ إِذَا سَأَلَ قَالَ وَالْقَانِعُ الطَّامِعُ الَّذِي يَطْمَعُ فِي ذَبِيحَتِكَ مِنْ جِيرَانِكَ قَالَ وَالْمُعْتَرُّ الَّذِي يَعْتَرِيكَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُكَ يَتَعَرَّضُ لَكَ وَرُوِيَ فِي ذَلِكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
English Translation
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Saqqa' al-Isfira'ini informed us > Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Battah al-Asbahani > Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Zakariyya > Sa'id ibn Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi > Muslim ibn Khalid > Ibn Abi Najih > Mujahid, regarding His saying: 'So eat of them and feed the miserable poor' [al-Hajj 28], he said: 'The miserable (al-ba'is) is the one who asks with his hand when he begs.' He said: 'Al-Qani' is the one who hopes for your slaughtered animal from among your neighbors.' He said: 'Al-Mu'tarr is the one who comes to you himself but does not ask you; he presents himself to you.' This was also narrated from Ibn Abbas.