Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 2578

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ قَيْسٍ - عَنْ عُبَيْدِ، اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abd Allah ibn Maslamah ibn Qanab narrated to us; Dawud—that is, Ibn Qays—narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah ibn Miqsam, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Beware of injustice, for injustice will be darknesses on the Day of Resurrection. Beware of greed, for greed destroyed those who came before you: it drove them to shed blood and to make lawful what was forbidden to them.