رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 531
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Chapter 56
Chapter context: Contentment and Self-esteem and avoidance of unnecessary begging of People
- باب القناعة والعفاف والاقتصاد في المعيشة والإنفاق وذم السؤال من غير ضرورة
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
من سأل الناس تكثراً فإنما يسأل جمراً؛ فليستقل أو ليستكثر
((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who begs to increase his riches is in fact asking only for a live coal. It is up to him to decrease it or increase it." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 531 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 531 under the chapter “Contentment and Self-esteem and avoidance of unnecessary begging of People.”
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