Foreword

The best sustenance is that which you earn by your own industry. The Prophet Dawud (David) used to earn his sustenance with his own hands. HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI ON THE AUTHORITY OF MIQDAM IBN MA’DIKARIB. 116 According to Suhayl when God’s Messenger passed by a camel and noticed that it had become so thin that its back and its stomach seemed to be touching, he said, ‘Fear God when dealing with these beasts. Mount them when they are in good condition, and leave them in that same state.’ HADITH OF ABU DAWUD.