Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When tribulations will break out upon you like pieces of a dark night, then those who will attain the most salvation from them (will be two types of people:) (1) A man who goes to the high peaks (of the mountains) and makes the milk of goats his food, and (2) a man who, turning away from the main road of life, holds the reins of his horse (settling at some frontier) and earns his livelihood through the spoils of his sword."