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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 1425

24. Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

صحيح البخاري

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If the Imam visited some people and led them in Salat (prayer)

باب إِذَا زَارَ الإِمَامُ قَومًا فَأَمَّهُمْ

1425
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ لأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلَهُ فَيَأْتِيَ بِحُزْمَةِ الْحَطَبِ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فَيَبِيعَهَا فَيَكُفَّ اللَّهُ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ أَعْطَوْهُ أَوْ مَنَعُوهُ ‏"‏‏‏
Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al-`Awwam:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is better for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and bring a bundle of wood (from the forest) over his back and sell it and Allah will save his face (from the Hell-Fire) because of that, rather than to ask the people who may give him or not."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1471
In-book : Book 24, Hadith 74
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 550  (deprecated)