Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 542
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.”.
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)).
“ 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)).
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 542
The above hadith is from the Riyad as-Salihin collection of hadiths. Riyad as-Salihin, The Gardens of the Righteous is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi in the 12th century. The work was composed over a 44 year period and consists of around 1900 hadith split into 20 books.
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