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Umar - may Allah be pleased with him - saw Zayed ibn Maslamah sowing his
land, so Umar said: “You have done the right thing, if you have no need of
anyone it will be better for your religion and make you better than them.”
Ibrahim ibn Yasid ibn Al Aswad al Nakhayi who died in the year 96 H, was asked
about the honest trader: “Is he preferable to you, or the one who spends all his
time in worship?” He said: “The honest trader is preferable to me, because he is
in jihad, satan comes to him through the weighing and measuring and through
his dealing, but he is striving against him.”
Ahmad was asked: “What would you say about the person who sits in his house
or in the mosque and says, „I will do nothing until my provision comes to me‟?”
Ahmad replied: “Such a person is ignorant. Has he not heard the saying of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, „Allah make my provision under the
shadow of my spear,‟ and he also related that when the bird was mentioned to
him he said: „It goes out with an empty stomach and returns with a full stomach.‟”
land, so Umar said: “You have done the right thing, if you have no need of
anyone it will be better for your religion and make you better than them.”
Ibrahim ibn Yasid ibn Al Aswad al Nakhayi who died in the year 96 H, was asked
about the honest trader: “Is he preferable to you, or the one who spends all his
time in worship?” He said: “The honest trader is preferable to me, because he is
in jihad, satan comes to him through the weighing and measuring and through
his dealing, but he is striving against him.”
Ahmad was asked: “What would you say about the person who sits in his house
or in the mosque and says, „I will do nothing until my provision comes to me‟?”
Ahmad replied: “Such a person is ignorant. Has he not heard the saying of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, „Allah make my provision under the
shadow of my spear,‟ and he also related that when the bird was mentioned to
him he said: „It goes out with an empty stomach and returns with a full stomach.‟”