رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 484
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Chapter 54
Chapter context: Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life
- باب فضل الزهد في الدنيا و الحث على التقلل منها و فضل الفقر
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Original Arabic
وعن كعب بن مالك، رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
ما ذئبان جائعان أرسلا في غنم بأفسد لها من حرص المرء على المال والشرف، لدينه
((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن صحيح)).
Translation
English translation
K'ab bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Two hungry wolves sent in the midst of a flock of sheep are no more destructive to them than a man's greed for wealth and fame is to his Deen." [At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan Sahih].
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This is Hadith 484 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 484 under the chapter “Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life.”
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