The Encouragement to Eat of what Your Own Hands Have Earned & Sufficing with it Over Begging & Subjugating Oneself to Handouts

The Encouragement to Eat of what Your Own Hands Have Earned & Sufficing with it Over Begging & Subjugating Oneself to Handouts Taken from ‘Riyadh as-Saliheen’ By Imaam an-Nawwawi Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya Allaah Ta’ala said: <> [Juma’ :10] 544 - From Abu Abdullaah az-Zubayr bin ‘Awwaam –Radhiallaahu anhu-who said: The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: ‘For one of you to take his ropes, go to a mountain, carry a bundle of wood on his back and then sell it - Allaah making that sufficient for him - is better for him than asking from people, whether they give or withhold.’ Collected by Bukhari 545 – From Abu Huraira –Radhiallaahu anhu- who said: The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: ‘For one of you to gather wood in a bundle on his back is better for him than asking/begging from anyone, they either give it to him or withhold it from him. Collected by Bukhari and Muslim 546 - From Abu Huraira –Radhiallaahu anhu- from the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said: ‘Dawood –alayhi sallam-never used to eat except from the earnings of his own hands.’ Collected by Bukhari 547 - From Abu Huraira that The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: ‘Zakareeyaa –alayhi sallam-used to be a carpenter.’ Collected by Muslim 548 - From al-Maqdaam bin Ma’ad Yakrib –Rahiallaahu anhu- from the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said: ‘No one ever ate food better than that which he earned with his own hands. Indeed the Prophet of Allaah, Dawood -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-used to eat from what his hands had earned.’ Collected by Bukhari