Saying
The people who own horses will be the ones full of pride, the people who own camels will be the ones full of arrogance, and the people who own sheep will be the ones full of humility and humbleness.
The first recorded job of the Prophet ﷺ: tending flocks belonging to the people of Makkah in the valley of Ajyad, in return for a small wage (qararit). This period of his boyhood, from roughly age 9 to 15, is otherwise almost entirely undocumented.
Reported of Allah's prophets generally (Musa and Dawud among them) that they worked as shepherds before their prophethood.
Other events recorded around the same time. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
The people who own horses will be the ones full of pride, the people who own camels will be the ones full of arrogance, and the people who own sheep will be the ones full of humility and humbleness.
This animal has complained against you, that you overwork it, underfeed it, and you beat it. Fear Allah with regards to these animals that Allah has blessed you with.
Said to the owner of a camel that had approached the Prophet ﷺ making distressed noises, after he comforted it until it calmed down.
The purest money you can earn is that which you earn with your own hands. And even the Prophet Dawud AS would earn his money from the labors of his hands.
Allah never sent a prophet except that he was a shepherd. I was, and I used to tend to the flock of the people of Makkah in return for some qararit.
Said to the Companions, who were surprised that he too had worked as a shepherd.
Musa was sent when he was a shepherd. Dawud was sent when he was a shepherd. And I too was a shepherd in the valley of Ajyad.
I advise you to find the tree of arak and take its darker branches: that will be better for your flock. I used to be a shepherd, and every prophet of Allah used to be a shepherd.
Said to some shepherds tending their sheep, who were surprised he knew such details and asked how.