Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3225
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تُمَيْلَةَ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ أَحْسَابَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا الَّذِي يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَالُ " .
Yaqub ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Abu Tumaylah narrated to us, from Husayn ibn Waqid, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘The basis on which the people of this world measure their status is wealth.’
Translation notes
Aḥsāb refers to grounds of honor, standing, or lineage; the saying identifies wealth as the worldly basis people pursue for status.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ أَحْسَابَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا الَّذِي يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَالُ " .
The phrase الَّذِي يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَيْهِ can mean what people resort to or pursue as their basis of status.
Does “the basis on which ... measure their status” capture the intended sense of this concise saying?