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Heart-Softening Narrations

Hadith 5055

Chapter on Aspiration and Greed

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Heart-Softening Narrations

Chapter on Aspiration and Greed

Zujajat al-Masabih 5055Volume 4

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Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The first righteousness of this Ummah is certainty 1 and asceticism, and the first corruption of it is stinginess and aspiration."
Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

And asceticism,

(1) His statement: Certainty: Meaning in the matter of the Hereafter. His statement: "And asceticism," meaning in the affair of the world. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: اليقين: أي في أمر العقبى. وقوله: «الزهد أي في شأن الدنيا. كذا في «المرقاة».