صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الفضائلThe Book of Virtues
باب مِنْ فَضَائِلِ زَكَرِيَّاءَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ:Chapter: The Virtues Of Zakariyya, Peace Be Upon Him
حَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ زَكَرِيَّاءُ نَجَّارًا " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was a carpenter.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: This hadith establishes that craftsmanship as a profession and earning for oneself with one’s own hands is a cause of virtue.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6162
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Carpentry is a good profession through which a believer can earn lawful sustenance by the labor of his own hands. Prophet Nuh (alayhis salam) also, by the command of Allah, built a wooden ark. (: Surah Hud, 11:37, 38)
➋ No lawful profession should be considered insignificant. The truly contemptible and disgraceful act is for a person to earn a livelihood through unlawful means, or to adopt a profession that is prohibited according to the Shari‘ah.
➊ Carpentry is a good profession through which a believer can earn lawful sustenance by the labor of his own hands. Prophet Nuh (alayhis salam) also, by the command of Allah, built a wooden ark. (: Surah Hud, 11:37, 38)
➋ No lawful profession should be considered insignificant. The truly contemptible and disgraceful act is for a person to earn a livelihood through unlawful means, or to adopt a profession that is prohibited according to the Shari‘ah.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2150
