Ḥarām Gains: Can Someone Who Can Work Live Off the Help of Others?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Ḥarām Gains: Can Someone Who Can Work Live Off the Help of Others?

English:

Question #1093:

Is it permissible for a person, who can earn a living with his own effort, to request others for help and to live off them?

Answer #1093:

It is not good for him to do so.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Ḥarām Gains