THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE AMBIYAS

All the Prophets that came, engaged themselves in some kind of work. Hadrat Adam (alaihis salaam) weaved clothes and later started farming, Hadrat Nooh (alahis salaam) occupied himself with carpentry, Hadrat Idrees (alaihis salaam) did tailoring, Hadrat Hud (alaihis salaam) and Hadrat Saleh (alaihis salaam) were traders, Hadrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) did farming as a hobby, Hadrat Shuaib (alaihis salaam) ran a dairy farm, Hadrat Loot (alaihis salaam) was also a farmer, Hadrat Moosa (alaihis salaam) took goats for grazing for years. Although Hadrat Sulaiman (alaihis salaam) was a king he made made fans out of leaves with his hands. As a little boy Prophet Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu laihi wasallam) was a shepherd (took the goats for grazing) and later was a trader for Hadrat Khatija (radi Allahu anha). Therefore, any form of Halaal earning is Sunnat-e-Ambiya and to degrade it is foolish.