Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 542
Encouraging Livelihood by (working with) Hands and Abstaining from Begging
Arabic hadith text
وعن المقدام بن معد يكرب رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " ما أكل أحد طعاماً قط خيراً من أن يأكل من عمل يده، وإن نبى الله دواد صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يأكل من عمل يده". ((رواه البخاري)).
Translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No food is better to man than that which he earns through his manual work. Dawud (ﷺ), the Prophet of Allah, ate only out of his earnings from his manual work."[Al- Bukhari].