Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 257
Superiority of Poor, Weak and unrenowned Muslims
Arabic hadith text
وعنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "رب أشعث أغبر مدفوع بالأبواب لو أقسم على الله لأبره " ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Many a person with shaggy and dusty hair, dusty and driven away from doors (because of their poverty and shabby clothes) were to swear by Allah (that something would happen), Allah will certainly make it happen".[Muslim].