The virtue of working with one's hands and wealth accompanied by gratitude
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The questioner:
Wealth, even if it caused him to break his fast, it would be invalid, or something similar. Indeed, among My servants is one whom only poverty benefits,
The Shaykh:
I do not recall that it was good in that regard, but this is narrated. Yes.
The questioner:
No, how? The distinction between the past regions.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one eats food better than what he eats from the work of his own hands. And the Prophet of Allah, Dawud (peace be upon him), used to eat from the work of his own hands. He was asked: Which earning is the purest? He said: The work of a man's own hands, and every honest sale. He seeks sustenance and works, and does not compete with a competitor who distracts him from the Hereafter,
The questioner:
Is poverty better, O Shaykh, or wealth?
The Shaykh:
Wealth with gratitude is better if he thanks Allah, as in the story of the poor and the emigrants, and others.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
Wealth, even if it caused him to break his fast, it would be invalid, or something similar. Indeed, among My servants is one whom only poverty benefits,
The Shaykh:
I do not recall that it was good in that regard, but this is narrated. Yes.
The questioner:
No, how? The distinction between the past regions.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one eats food better than what he eats from the work of his own hands. And the Prophet of Allah, Dawud (peace be upon him), used to eat from the work of his own hands. He was asked: Which earning is the purest? He said: The work of a man's own hands, and every honest sale. He seeks sustenance and works, and does not compete with a competitor who distracts him from the Hereafter,
The questioner:
Is poverty better, O Shaykh, or wealth?
The Shaykh:
Wealth with gratitude is better if he thanks Allah, as in the story of the poor and the emigrants, and others.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (23:36)
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