Tradition

"اُطْلُبُوا الرِّزْقَ في خَبايَا الأرْضِ"

The Prophet (S) is narrated to have said: “Seek your sustenance in the hiding places of the earth.”1

Brief Commentary

During a time when the concept behind mining for minerals was not very common, the Prophet (S) instructed the Muslims that if they wished to seek their sustenance, they should look within the depths of the earth. Such instructions show both the wisdom of Islamic teachings, as well as the importance of struggle in the way of gaining a lawful and honorable sustenance.

• 1. Narrated from the book Nahj al-Fasahah, Fuqh Al-Quran, vol. 2, p. 22.