رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 489
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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 أبي هريرة، رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال:
أصدق كلمة قالها شاعر كلمة لبيد: ألا كل شئ ما خلا الله باطل
. ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most truthful statement a poet has ever made is the saying of Labid: Everything besides Allah is vain." [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 489 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 489 under the chapter “Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life.”
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