Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat), Hadith #558
Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something."
This hadith is from the book of Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 558 in book 24 of volume 2.
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