Abu al-Tahir and Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la narrated to me, both saying: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, 'Amr ibn al-Harith informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu 'Ubayd, the freed slave of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "For one of you to take a bundle of firewood and carry it on his back and sell it is better for him than to ask a man who may give him something or refuse him."