Dignity of Labor
Once a man from the Ansars came to the Prophet expecting some charity. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked the man: “What do you have in your house?” The man replied: “I have a blanket big enough to cover our body and to spread as a carpet. Also I have a leather bag that we use to carry water to drink.” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) told him: “You go home and bring both to me.” The man went home and brought both these things. The Prophet took hold of them and asked those present: “Who will buy these?” A man said: “I will take them for one dirham.” The Prophet said: “Can anyone offer some higher amount?” Another man cried: “I will take them for two dirhams.” The Prophet collected two dirhams from this man and delivered them to him. The Prophet gave this amount to the man telling: “Go and buy food for your family with one dirham and with another, you buy an axe and bring it to me.”
The man did as the Prophet told. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) made a handle for the axe with his own hands and returned the axe to the man and said: “Go! Cut wood with this axe, sell the wood and meet me after 15 days.”
The man went to the forest, cut wood, sold them and returned to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) with 20 dirhams in his hand-the money that he had earned for his labor. Out of this earning, he bought clothing for some (p.b.u.h) amount and provisions for some amount. He was happy. Then the Prophet told him: “This is much better for you than begging that leaves horrible scars on your face in the hereafter."
posted by Mohsen Feizian @ 11:54 AM
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