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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1620

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In-book entry
110

Chapter 35

Chapter context: Prohibition of Show-off

- باب تحريم الرياء

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ من تعلم علمًا مما يبتغى به وجه الله عز وجل لا يتعلمه إلا ليصيب به عرضًا من الدنيا، لم يجد عَرف الجنة يوم القيامة‏

‏ يعني ريحها‏.‏ رواه أبو داود بإسناد صحيح‏ والأحاديث في الباب كثير مشهورة.‏

Translation

English translation

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A person who acquires (religious) knowledge, which is (normally) acquired to gain the Pleasure of Allah, (for the sole reason) to secure worldly comforts will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah on the Day of Resurrection (i.e., will not enter Jannah)." [Abu Dawud].

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This is Hadith 1620 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 110 under the chapter “Prohibition of Show-off.”

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