The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1480 In-book : Book 24, Hadith 82 USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 558 (deprecated)
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