Sahih Al Bukhari Hadith Number 1480

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something.”

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Hadith number 1480
Volume no 2
Chapter: 53 (The Statement of Allah ‘Azza wa Jall: “… They do not beg people persistently. …” (2:273) And who may be considered to have enough to be content and abstain from begging”)