Hasan on Shirk: Idol of the Muslim nation is wealth

Ibn Muflih reported: Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Every nation has an idol that they worship, and the idol of this nation is the gold and silver coin.”

Source: al-Ādāb al-Shar’īyah 3/297

عن ابن مفلح قَالَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ رحمه الله لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ صَنَمٌ يَعْبُدُونَهُ وَصَنَمُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الدِّينَارُ وَالدِّرْهَمُ

3/297 الآداب الشرعية فصل فتن المال والنساء والبداوة والأمراء المضلين والعلماء المنافقين

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