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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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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