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.
Summary of Meaning
The Prophet (peace be upon him) tells us that if we are sincere in our reliance on God, truly observing it as it should be observed, He would have given us our provisions as He gives it to birds: they are hungry in the morning and well fed by the evening.
