بَابُ ٱلْكَسْبِ مِنَ ٱلْحَلَالِ

Among their etiquettes is refraining from asking others to the best of their ability, while earning from lawful sources as much as suffices their needs.

Hadith 12: Abū Saʿīd Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ismāʿīlī – may Allah have mercy on him – informed us: Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Miṣrī narrated to us: Anas ibn ʿIyāḍ informed us on the authority of Hishām ibn ʿUrwa, on the authority of his father, on the authority of al-Zubayr who said: The Messenger of Allah – may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace – said: “It is better for one of you to take his rope, set out, and carry a bundle of wood on his back—thereby preserving his honor — than to ask people for their things, regardless of whether they give to him or refuse him.”