رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 562
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- 562
Chapter 60
Chapter context: Prohibition of Miserliness
- باب النهى عن البخل والشح
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Original Arabic
وعن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: اتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة واتقوا الشح فإن الشح أهلك من كان قبلكم حملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم” ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it destroyed those who were before you. It incited them to shed their blood and deem unlawful as lawful." [Muslim].
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Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 562 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 562 under the chapter “Prohibition of Miserliness.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 563
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