Riyad as-Salihin

Samurah bin Jundub (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Begging is a cut that a person inflicts upon his face; except for asking a ruler, or under the stress of circumstances from which there is no escape."

[At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan Sahih].