مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابةMusnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی هرَیرَةَ رَضِیَ اللَّه عَنهMusnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 10151
اُردوEn
وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ يَغْدُوَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ، فَيَبِيعَهُ ، وَيَسْتَغْنِيَ بِهِ ، وَيَتَصَدَّقَ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلًا فَيَسْأَلَهُ ، يُؤْتِيهِ أَوْ يَمْنَعُهُ ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْيَدَ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى ، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ .
By Allah, for one of you to go out in the morning, gather firewood on his back, sell it, become self-sufficient by it, and give charity from it is better for him than to go to a man and ask him, who may give him or withhold from him. That is because the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin with those whom you support.
