A Mabrur (Decent) Trade

عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ { أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ : أَيُّ الْكَسْبِ أَطْيَبُ ؟ قَالَ : عَمَلُ الرَّجُلِ بِيَدِهِ ، وَكُلُّ بَيْعٍ مَبْرُورٍ } رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ وَصَحَّحَهُ الْحَاكِمُ

From Rifa’ah Ibn Rafi’, (he said that) the Prophet was asked about the best job, and his replied was, “A job that is done by one’s own hand, and every decent trade.” (Narrated by Bazzar no. 3731 and classified as valid hadith by al Hakim. Refer to “Bulughul Marom no. 784).

Many people assumed that the term of “mabrur” was only related to pilgrimage affair, whereas the Prophet also used it to depict a characteristic of a trade. “Mabrur” means something that contains plenty of goodnesses. Regarding the trade that contains plenty of goodnesses, or mabrur, another hadith had came to explain it further, “If the seller and the buyer were honest and they explained the real condition as it was, then the transaction between them would be blessed.” (Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim).
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