Under what conditions is soliciting charity (*Mas'alah*) permissible, and how does it affect one's testimony?

Primary text

Soliciting charity is permissible only for three categories of people. The first is a man struck by a calamity that wipes out his wealth, until he obtains what sustains his livelihood. The second is a man afflicted by extreme poverty, confirmed by three wise men of his people, until he obtains what sustains his livelihood. The third is a man who takes on a blood-fine (*hamalah*) until he fulfills it, after which he must cease. Any soliciting beyond these circumstances is considered ill-gotten gain (*suht*), which the perpetrator will consume as *suht* on the Day of Judgment. This is based on the narration by Qabisa, reported by Muslim.