What Has Been Related About: Wealth Is Being Content With Oneself
Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 183
Source no. 2373 · Volume 5 · Page 373
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤١٣٧)
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2373. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Richness is not having many possessions, but richness is being content with oneself." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. [Abū Ḥaṣīn's (a narrator in the chain) name is 'Uthmān bin 'Āṣim Al-Asādī].
٢٣٧٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ قُرَيْشٍ الْيَامِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ،» وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَأَبُو حَصِينٍ اسْمُهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ.
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There is no end to greediness and avarice in a heart that loses self-restraint and self-contentment. A greedy person is constantly in the hunt for more and more wealth through means fair and foul. Contentment of the heart is the only bulwark against the lust of money. Real wealth lies in one's getting free from avarice and greed and in being contented with what one has.