Hadith 101

Al Kafi – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Muhammad Al Asady, from Salim Bin Mukram, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The (financial) state of a man from the companions of the Prophet-saww became difficult, so his wife said to him, ‘If only you would go to Rasool-Allah-saww and ask him-saww’. So he came over to the Prophet-saww. When the Prophet-saww saw him, said: ‘The one who asks us-saww, we-saww give to him, but the one who manages without (asking), Allah-azwj would Enrich him’. The man said, ‘He-saww did not mean anyone apart from me’. He returned to his wife and let her know. She said ‘Rasool-Allah-saww is (only) a mortal, so let him-saww know of it’. So he went over to him-saww. When Rasool-Allah-saww saw him, he-saww said: ‘The one who asks us-saww, we-saww give to him, and the one who manages without (asking), Allah-azwj would Enrich him’, to the extent that the man did that three times. Then the man went away, and he borrowed a pick-axe, then went to the mountain and ascended it, and cut some firewood. Then he came with it and sold it for half a Mudd (750 gms. ) of flour and he returned with it. He ate it, then went (again) the next day and came with a lot of that, and he sold it. So he did not cease working and gathering (money) until he bought a pick-axe. Then he gathered (money) until he bought two young camels and a slave. Then he was enriched to the extent that he was affluent. He came over to the Prophet-saww and let him-saww know how he had come to ask him-saww, and how the Prophet-saww made him hear (the advice). The Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww told you, the one who asks us-saww, we give it to him, but the one who manages (without asking), Allah-azwj would Enrich him’’. [103]