Earning for the Home Through Manual Labour

There was poverty and hunger in the house of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), and the condition of the house of his daughter was the same. When anything was available in one house then they used to send to the other house.

Hazrat Sayyidina Ali says: “Once there was nothing to eat in our house, and if there was anything in the house of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) he would have sent some for us. Thus, I went outside Madinah Munawwarah to the orchard of a Yahoodi. The wall of the orchard was broken on one side, and I looked into the orchard.

The Yahoodi owner asked: ‘O Arab! What do you want? Water my orchard if you want a date for every bucket?’ I replied: ‘Okay.’ He opened the door (of the orchard).

Accordingly, I started drawing the water. He gave me a date for every bucket. When I had that much of dates which filled my bag, I said: ‘Enough. This is sufficient for me.’

After eating from the dates and drinking water I went to Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam). At that time, he was in the Masjid with a gathering of Sahaabah.”

(Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)