Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation.
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
لأن يحتطب أحدكم حزمة على ظهره، خير له من أن يسأل أحداً فيعطيه فيعطيه أو يمنعه
متفق عليه، رواه البخاري، ١٤٧٠ و مسلم، ١٠٤٢
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,
It is better for anyone of you to carry a bundle of wood on his back and sell it rather than to ask someone who may or may not give him.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari, 1470 and Muslim, 1042