Then when the prayer is finished, spread out through the land and seek Allah’s bounty (through work or trade), and remember Allah much so that you may be successful. (al-Qur’an 62:10)
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ALLAH’S MESSENGER 
was asked what type of earning was best. He replied: ‘A man’s work with his hands, and any decent business’. (Ahmad)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘No one eats better food than what he earns with his own hands. The Prophet Dawud 
used to eat from what he earned by the work of his hands’. (Bukhari)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘How good is the wealth it is that is earned honourably by a righteous person’! (Ahmad)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Whenever somebody opens for himself the door of begging, Allah opens for him the door of poverty’. (Tirmidhi)
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FATIMAH 
(the Prophet’s daughter) came to her father (after she was married) and asked him for a servant (to help with her housework). The Prophet said, ‘Shall I not inform you of something that is better for you than a servant? Recite: ‘Subhanallah (Glory be to Allah’ thirty-three times, Al-hamdulillah (Praise be to Allah) thirty three times, and Allahu Akbar (Allah is Great) thirty-four times before you go to bed’. (Bukhari)