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"لأَن يَأخذَ أَحَدُكمْ حَبْلَهُ ثُمَّ يَغْدُو إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَيَحْتَطِبَ فَيَبيعَ فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْألَ النَّاسَ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي عن أبي هريرة

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bukhari:1480ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something."  

البخاري:١٤٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلَهُ ثُمَّ يَغْدُوَ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَيَحْتَطِبَ فَيَبِيعَ فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَهُوَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ  

bukhari:2075Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām

The Prophet ﷺ said, "One would rather take a rope and cut wood and carry it than ask others).  

البخاري:٢٠٧٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَحْبُلَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ  

ahmad:10437Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is better for one of you to take a rope and go to the mountain to collect firewood, then sell it, and eat from the earnings or give in charity, rather than asking people for something."  

أحمد:١٠٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلًا فَيَأْتِيَ الْجَبَلَ فَيَحْتَطِبَ مِنْهُ فَيَبِيعَهُ فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا