DEFINITION OF A POOR PERSON H 538 "A poor person is not one who can be turned away with a date or two, or a few morsels. The one who is really poor is he who despite his poverty refrains from asking." R 538 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
536- وعن أَبي هريرة رضي الله عنه : أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "لَيْسَ المسكينُ الَّذِي يَطُوفُ عَلَى النَّاسِ تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ ، وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ ، وَلكِنَّ المِسكينَ الَّذِي لاَ يَجِدُ غِنىً يُغْنِيهِ ، وَلاَ يُفْطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَلاَ يَقُومُ فَيَسْألَ النَّاسَ" متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ .