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Heart-Softening Narrations

Hadith 4978

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Opening narrations

Zujajat al-Masabih 4978Volume 4

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Ibn Ka’b ibn Malik, from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Two hungry wolves sent into a flock of sheep are not more destructive to it than a man’s greed for wealth and status is to his religion.” 1

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٤٩٧٨ - وَعَنِ ابْن كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعَنْ أَبِيْهِ (رضي الله عنه) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَا ذِثْبَانِ جَائِعَانِ أُرْسِلَا فِي غَنَمٍ بِأَفْسَدَ لَهَا مِنْ حِرْصِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى الْمَالِ وَالشَّرَفِ لِدِينِهِ».1 رَوَاهُ التَّرْمِذِيُّ وَالدَّارِميُّ.

اردو

Urdu OCR, pending reviewNoor 6586
سیدنا ابن کعب بن مالک اپنے والد سے روایت کرتے ہیں حضرت رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: دو بھوکے بھیڑیئے جن کو بکریوں میں چھوڑ دیا گیا ہو وہ ان بکریوں کو اس سے زیادہ خراب نہیں کرتے جتنا کہ آدمی کی مال و منصب کی حرص اس کے دین کو بگاڑ دیتی 1 ہے۔ (ترمذی، دارمی)
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  • Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2376 (unverified) 99% confidence
  • Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 5181 (unverified) 93% confidence

Mishkat (candidate) 5181

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Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

To his religion

(1) His statement: “To his religion”: This relates to “more destructive.” The meaning is that a man’s greed for them is more destructive to his religion, likened to a weak flock, than the wolves’ destruction of the sheep. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: لدينه متعلق بـ «أفسد»، المعنى أن حرص المرء عليهما أكثر إفسادا لدينه المشبه بالغنم لضعفه بجنب حرصه من إفساد الذئبين للغنم. كذا في «المرقاة».