The Prophet ﷺ was always keen to enable the believers to be self-sufficient and possess the quality of chastity and take all the means to earn lawful income. In this hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ swears by Allah, the One in Whose Hand his soul, which is a phrase the Prophet ﷺ often used when he wanted to swear by Allah. He swears that having a lawful work, regardless of its type, saves the face and is better than asking people for something. This is because even if such work is difficult and harsh, it would be better than experiencing the humiliation of begging and asking. His statement: “it is better for anyone of you to take a rope and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it over his back and sell it (as a means of earning his living) rather than to ask a person for something and that person may give him or not,” is to say that the hardship and suffering that a person goes through in collecting wood is better than losing face and humiliation that result from asking people for something. That is to say, finding work, even if it is hard and difficult, should be always given precedence over asking people for something whenever a person is in need. This hadeeth encourages us to work and earn a living through lawful means that protect one’s dignity and honour. From the benefits that can be concluded from this hadeeth is learning that Islam fights begging and unemployment; thus, it ordered us to work and find a living, even if it was difficult and hard work, such like collecting wood. It shows that it is permissible to swear by Allah to emphasise the matter. This hadeeth confirms the Hand of Allah, Most High, as it befits Him, without changing the original meaning of this attribute, without denying such attributes for Allah, without enquiring into its true nature, and without likening His attributes to those of the creation..