Musnad Abi Ya'la 6247

Translation

✧ If one of you were to gather a bundle of firewood, carry it on his back, and sell it, that would be better for him than asking a man who might give him or refuse him.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 539قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "لأن يحتطب أحدكم حزمة على ظهره، خير له من أن يسأل أحداً فيعطيه أو يمنعه"

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 2074Sahih al-Bukhari 2374Sunan an-Nasa'i 2584Sunan an-Nasa'i 2589Musnad Ahmad 10437al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2382

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Saʿd b. ʿUbayd al-Zuhrī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 98 AH
   أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   الزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Fulayḥ

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes many errors (kathīr al-khaṭaʾ)d. 168 AH
   فُلَيْحٌصدوق ، كثير الخطأ
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū al-Rabīʿ

   trustworthy (thiqah), no one criticised him with a proofd. 234 AH, also said: 235 AH
   أَبُو الرَّبِيعِثقة , لم يتكلم فيه أحد بحجة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī

   d. 307 AH
   أبو يعلى الموصلي

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