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Sunan Ibn Majah 2198 (Book 12, Hadith 62) #31550
Self-Reliance and Hard Work

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ taught a man from the Ansar to be self-reliant and not to beg, but instead work hard and earn money.

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that : a man from among the Ansar came to the Prophet ﷺ and begged from him. He said, "Do you have anything in your house?" He said: "Yes, a blanket, part of which we cover ourselves with and part we spread beneath us, and a bowl from which we drink water". He said: "Give them to me". So he brought them to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took them in his hand and said, "Who will by these two things?" A man said: "I will by them for one Dirham". He said: "Who will offer more than a Dirham?" two or three times. A man said: "I will buy them for two Dirham". So he gave them to him and took the two Dirham, which he gave to the Ansari and said: "Buy food with one of them and give it to your family, and buy an axe with the other and bring it to me". So he did that, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and fixed a handle to it, and said: "Go and gather firewood, and I do not want to see you for fifteen days". So he went and gathered firewood and sold it, then he came back, and he had earned ten Dirham. (The Prophet ﷺ) said: "Buy food with some of it and clothes with some". Then he said: "This is better for you than coming with begging (appearing) as a spot on your face on the Day of Resurrection. Begging is only appropriate for one who is extremely poor or who is in severe debt, or one who must pay painful blood money".1
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَخْضَرُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ ﷺ ـ يَسْأَلُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَكَ فِي بَيْتِكَ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ بَلَى حِلْسٌ نَلْبَسُ بَعْضَهُ وَنَبْسُطُ بَعْضَهُ وَقَدَحٌ نَشْرَبُ فِيهِ الْمَاءَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ائْتِنِي بِهِمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ بِهِمَا فَأَخَذَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ﷺ ـ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى دِرْهَمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا آخُذُهُمَا بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ ‏.‏ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا إِيَّاهُ وَأَخَذَ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا الأَنْصَارِيَّ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ اشْتَرِ بِأَحَدِهِمَا طَعَامًا فَانْبِذْهُ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ وَاشْتَرِ بِالآخَرِ قَدُومًا فَأْتِنِي بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَفَعَلَ فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ﷺ ـ فَشَدَّ فِيهِ عُودًا بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ اذْهَبْ فَاحْتَطِبْ وَلاَ أَرَاكَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَعَلَ يَحْتَطِبُ وَيَبِيعُ فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ عَشْرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اشْتَرِ بِبَعْضِهَا طَعَامًا وَبِبَعْضِهَا ثَوْبًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَذَا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَجِيءَ وَالْمَسْأَلَةُ نُكْتَةٌ فِي وَجْهِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لاَ تَصْلُحُ إِلاَّ لِذِي فَقْرٍ مُدْقِعٍ أَوْ لِذِي غُرْمٍ مُفْظِعٍ أَوْ دَمٍ مُوجِعٍ
TOPICS
selfreliance  *  work  *  money  *  alistiaadah  *  alamal  *  almal  *  ansaar  *  ansar

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive towards self reliance through hard work; Put effort towards earning your own living honestly; Take advantage of others’ generosity without any shame or guilt attached; Remember Allah will reward you if you do so .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of self reliance and hard work. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was approached by a man from the Ansar who asked for help. Instead of giving him something, he asked if he had anything in his house that he could sell. He did have a blanket and bowl which were sold for two dirhams. The Prophet ﷺ then told him to buy food with one dirham and an axe with the other, so that he could go out into the woods to gather firewood which he could then sell for more money. After fifteen days, when the man returned with ten dirhams, the Prophet ﷺ told him to use some of it on food and clothes for himself as this was better than begging or appearing as a spot on his face on Judgement Day. This hadith teaches us that we should strive towards self reliance through hard work rather than relying on others or begging in order to make ends meet. We should also remember that Allah will reward us if we put in effort towards earning our own living honestly without resorting to begging or taking advantage of others’ generosity without any shame or guilt attached to it.

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