Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1838

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1838
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ تَكَثُّرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُ جمرا. فليستقل أَو ليستكثر» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم

Translation

Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Whoever asks people for their wealth in order to increase his own is asking only for embers. Let him ask for little or for much.’ Muslim transmitted it.

Translation notes

  • The English witness adds an interpretation that the live coals entail some punishment of Hell; that explanatory note is not present in the Arabic source.