The selling of wood and grass.
Darussalam · Volume 3
42 - THE BOOK OF WATERINGSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2373 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 113
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2373. Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al- ‘Awwām رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, “No doubt, one had better take a rope (and cut) and tie a bundle of wood and sell it whereby Allāh will keep his face away (from Hell-fire) rather than ask others who may give him or not.”
2373 - حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ العَوَّامِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَحْبُلًا، فَيَأْخُذَ حُزْمَةً مِنْ حَطَبٍ، فَيَبِيعَ، فَيَكُفَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ، أُعْطِيَ أَمْ مُنِعَ»
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(1) (H. 2371) This means that if one treats his donkeys kindly and does not overburden them, he will be rewarded for that in the Hereafter, and if he does the opposite, he will gain the fruit of his ill-behaviour. (Qaṣṭalāni)
(2) (H. 2372) It is for you if its owner does not show up, or for its owner if he shows up, or for the wolf to eat if you leave it and its owner does not find it.
(3) (H. 2372) The Prophet ﷺ forbids the man from taking the lost camel because it can stay in the desert for a long period without any danger. It is like a well-provided traveller; it can reach its destination.