Riyad as-Salihin, 541
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "(Prophet) Zakariyya (ﷺ) was a carpenter." <b>[Muslim]</b>.
وعنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “كان زكريا عليه السلام نجاراً” ((رواه مسلم)).
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- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 541
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br>
1) The Muslim is urged to work and earn from his own labor. What a person does by himself takes priority over what is done by others.<br>
2) They encourage us to follow the guidance of the Prophets (peace be upon them), as they used to earn their living from their own labor, though they are the best of mankind in the sight of Allah, as He said about them: {Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, so from their guidance take an example.} [Al-An‘ām: 90]