Hisham reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Love of the worldly life is the head of every sin.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Ibn Abī Dunyā 9 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Suyuti عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ البصري رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حُبُّ الدُّنْيَا رَأْسُ كُلِّ خَطِيئَةٍ 9 الزهد لابن أبي الدنيا 63 المحدث …
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Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Seek refuge in Allah from avarice that leads to disgrace, from avarice that leads to what should not be coveted, and from avarice where there is nothing to covet.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 22021 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Suyuti عَنْ …
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Anas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Leave the world to its people. Whoever takes from the world more than what suffices him, he has taken a portion of his ruin while he is unaware.” Source: al-Firdaws lil-Daylamī 363 Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi (fair due to external evidence) according to Al-San’ani …
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Abu Humayd al-Sa’idi reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Be moderate in seeking from the world, for everyone will be facilitated towards what has been decreed for him in it.” Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 10501 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there were three among the children of Israel whom Allah Almighty intended to test: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. He sent an angel to them and he came to the leper, saying: What would you love …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, you will crave leadership, and it will be a source of regret on the Day of Resurrection. How nice is the wet nurse, yet how evil is the weaning!” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7148 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The beginning of righteousness in this nation is by conviction and temperance, and the beginning of its corruption by is miserliness and vain hopes.” Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 10350 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “None among the servants are bestowed a blessing from Allah and He makes it abundant upon him but that He will appoint to him something of the needs of people. If he is irritated with them, he risks the disappearance of …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The dust in the way of Allah and the smoke of Hell can never be combined on the face of a man. Greed and faith can never be combined in the heart.” Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 3111 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever absorbs his heart in love of the world will be entangled by three things: misery that will not cease to discomfort him, greed that will not achieve his independence, and vain hopes that will never reach their end. For …
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Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The son of Adam grows old but remains young in two matters: greed for wealth and greed for long life.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1047 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَهْرَمُ ابْنُ …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is too weak among you to pray at night that he might fall down, too miserly with his wealth that he might spend it, or too fearful of the enemy that he might fight them, then let him remember Allah …
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Al-Zubayr ibn Abdul Wahid reported: Abu al-Hasan Bunan, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The freeman is a slave as long as he is greedy, and the slave is free as long as he is content.” Source: Siyar A’lām al-Nubalā’ 11/300 عَنْ الزُّبَيْر بن عَبْدِ الوَاحِدِ قَالَ أَبُو الحَسَن بُنَان رحمه الله الحُرُّ عَبْدٌ …
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‘Urwah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, would say in his sermons, “You know that greed is poverty and renunciation is independence. Verily, whoever renounces his desire for what people have, he will be independent of them.” Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq 631 عَن عُرْوَة قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ رضي …
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Abu Huraira reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say to people in his sermons, “Those among you have succeeded who are protected from whims, greed, and anger. There is no good in anything less than truthful speech.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Abī Dāwūd 48 Grade: Jayyid (very good) according to Al-Dhahabi …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The worst evil within a man is his restless greed and his utmost cowardice.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2511 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَرُّ مَا فِي رَجُلٍ شُحٌّ …
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Ma’mar ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever hoards food is a sinner.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1605 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ احْتَكَرَ فَهُوَ خَاطِئٌ 1605 صحيح مسلم كتاب المساقاة باب تحريم …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The rightness in the beginning of this nation was by renouncing the world and attaining conviction. The destruction in the end of it is by miserliness and vain hopes.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 52 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Shall I not tell you of the best of people? A man who clutches the reins of his horse in the way of Allah. Shall I not tell of the best after him? A man who withdraws with his flocks to fulfill the …
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Jabir reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Indeed, I share the wall of a cloister with someone who bothers me and makes things difficult for me.” The Prophet sent for the man and he said, “Sell me your cloister that is on the wall of …
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