رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 542
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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 المقدام بن معد يكرب رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
ما أكل أحد طعاماً قط خيراً من أن يأكل من عمل يده، وإن نبى الله دواد صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يأكل من عمل يده
. ((رواه البخاري)).
Translation
English translation
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 (ﷺ) of Allah, ate only out of his earnings from his manual work." [Al- Bukhari].
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This is Hadith 542 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 542 under the chapter “Encouraging Livelihood by (working with) Hands and Abstaining from Begging.”
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