Encouraging Livelihood by (working with) Hands and Abstaining from Begging
باب الحث على الأكل من عمل يده والتعفف به عن السؤال والتعرض للإعطاء
Riyad as-Saliheen, Book of Miscellany(view book)
Zubair bin 'Awwam (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is far better for you to take your rope, go to the mountain, (cut some firewood) carry it on your back, and sell it and thereby save your face than begging from people whether they give you or refuse."
[Al-Bukhari].
عن أبي عبد الله الزبير بن العوام رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ : “لأن يأخذ أحدكم أحبله ثم يأتى الجبل فيأتي بحزمة من حطب على ظهره فيبيعها، فيكف الله بها وجهه، خير له من أن يسأل الناس أعطوه أومنعوه" ((رواه البخاري)).
Classification
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is better for anyone of you to carry a bundle of wood on his back and sell it than to beg of someone whether he gives him or refuses."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ : "لأن يحتطب أحدكم حزمة على ظهره، خير له من أن يسأل أحداً فيعطيه أو يمنعه" ((متفق عليه)).
Classification
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "(Prophet) Dawud ﷺ ate only out of that which he earned through his manual work."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعنه عن النبي ﷺ قال: "كان داود عليه السلام لا يأكل إلا من عمل يده". ((رواه البخاري)).
Classification
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(Prophet) Zakariyya ﷺ was a carpenter."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعنه أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: “كان زكريا عليه السلام نجاراً” ((رواه مسلم)).
Classification
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "No food is better to man than that which he earns through his manual work. Dawud ﷺ, the Prophet of Allah, ate only out of his earnings from his manual work."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعن المقدام بن معد يكرب رضي الله عنه، عن النبي ﷺ قال: " ما أكل أحد طعاماً قط خيراً من أن يأكل من عمل يده، وإن نبى الله دواد ﷺ كان يأكل من عمل يده". ((رواه البخاري)).