Once a healthy and strong man went to Prophet Mohammad(SM) and begged alms.Mohammad(SM) was astonished to find an
able-bodied man begging.He called the man near him and said,"You look
strong and healthy.Why do you beg?Don't you know that begging is a
hateful act?"The man said in reply ,"My wife and children are starving
for two days.I looked for any work,but didn't get by.So to save myself
and the members of my family I have come to beg."Hearing this the
Prophet(SM) said,"What do you have in your house that can be sold?"The
man said that he had nothing but a blanket in his house.Prophet (SM)
asked him to fetch that blanket.When the blanket was brought,the Prophet
sold it to one of his Shahaba and gave him half of the price to buy
food for the family.With the rest of the money he bought an axe and the
Prophet fixed a handle to it.Then he gave it to the beggar and told him
to chop wood from the jungle and live by selling it.The prophet forbade
him to beg.Henceforth,the man gave up begging and lived by the sweat of
his own brow.
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