رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1569
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- In-book entry
- 59
Chapter 17
Chapter context: Prohibition of Envy
- باب تحريم الحسد وهو تمني زوال النعمة عن صاحبها: سواء كانت نعمة دين أو دنيا
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
إياكم والحسد، فإن الحسد يأكل الحسنات كما تأكل النار الحطب، أو قال: العشب
. رواه أَبُو دَاوُدَ
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Beware of envy because envy consumes (destroys) the virtues just as the fire consumes the firewood," or he said "grass." [Abu Dawud].
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This is Hadith 1569 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 59 under the chapter “Prohibition of Envy.”
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