Narrated Anas bin Malik: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, whoever desires an expansion in his sustenance and age, should keep good relations with his Kith and kin.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet purchased food grains from a Jew on credit and mortgaged his iron armor to him
Read More..Narrated Qatada: Anas went to the Prophet with barley bread having some dissolved fat on it. The Prophet had mortgaged his armor to a Jew in Medina and took from him some barley for his family. Anas heard him saying, The household of Muhammad did not possess even a single Sa of wheat or food grains for the evening meal, although he has nine wives to look after. (See Hadith No. 685)
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: When Abu Bakr As-Siddiq was chosen Caliph, he said, My people know that my profession was not incapable of providing substance to my family. And as I will be busy serving the Muslim nation, my family will eat from the National Treasury of Muslims, and I will practice the profession of serving the Muslims.
Read More..Narrated Aisha: The companions of Allah's Apostle used to practice manual labor, so their sweat used to smell, and they were advised to take a bath.
Read More..Narrated Al-Miqdam: The Prophet said, Nobody has ever eaten a better meal than that which one has earned by working with one's own hands. The Prophet of Allah, David used to eat from the earnings of his manual labor.
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