عنْ عمرَ رضي الله عنه، عنْ النّبيِّ ﷺ قال: «لو أنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلُونَ على اللهِ حقَّ توكُّلِه، لرُزِقْتُمْ كما تُرْزَقُ الطَّيْرُ، تَغْدو خِماصًا، وتَرُوحُ بِطانًا»
69 - To have faith and to seek a livelihood
‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. Were you to place your trust in God as truly as it should be, He would have given you your provisions in the same way as birds are provided with theirs; 2. They begin the day hungry and finish it well fed.
Related by Ahmad, 205; al-Nasāʼī, 11805; al-Tirmidhī, 2344.
‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
Abu Ḥafṣ ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh tribe. His line of descent joins with that of the Prophet at Ka‘b ibn Lu‘ay. He was nicknamed al-Fārūq. He was the second of the rightly-guided caliphs, and the first to have the title Amīr al-Muʼminīn, i.e. Prince of the Faithful. He was constantly very close to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He died in Year 23 AH 645 CE.
