رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 539
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Chapter 58
Chapter context: Encouraging Livelihood by (working with) Hands and Abstaining from Begging
- باب الحث على الأكل من عمل يده والتعفف به عن السؤال والتعرض للإعطاء
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
لأن يحتطب أحدكم حزمة على ظهره، خير له من أن يسأل أحداً فيعطيه أو يمنعه
((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
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].
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This is Hadith 539 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 539 under the chapter “Encouraging Livelihood by (working with) Hands and Abstaining from Begging.”
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