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tabarani:17831Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > al-Walīd b. Muḥammad al-Muwaqqarī > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No one eats any food that is better for him than that which he eats from the work of his own hands." The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "And David ﷺ used to eat from the work of his own hands."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٣١حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُوَقَّرِيُّ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ طَعَامًا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمِلِ يَدَيْهِ» قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ «وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ عَمِلِ يَدَيْهِ»  


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bukhari:2072Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > ʿĪsá > Thawr > Khālid b. Maʿdān > al-Miqdām

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Nobody has ever eaten a better meal than that which one has earned by working with one's own hands. The Prophet ﷺ of Allah, David used to eat from the earnings of his manual labor."  

البخاري:٢٠٧٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ ؓ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ طَعَامًا قَطُّ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ وَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ  

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السيوطي:١٨٦٨١a

"مَا أكَلَ أَحَدٌ طَعَامًا قَطُّ خَيرًا مِنْ أنْ يَأكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ وَإنَّ نَبِيَّ الله دَاودَ كانَ يَأكُلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ".  

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