رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 543
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- 543
Chapter 59
Chapter context: Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah
- باب الكرم والجود والإنفاق فى وجوه الخير ثقة بالله تعالى
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Original Arabic
وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
لا حسد إلا فى اثنتين: رجل آتاه الله مالاً، فسلطه على هلكته فى الحق، ورجل آتاه الله حكمة، فهو يقضي بها ويعلمها
((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it." [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 543 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 543 under the chapter “Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah.”
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