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English translation
2350. ‘Abdullāh bin Mughaffal said: “A man said to the Prophet ﷺ: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! By Allāh! Indeed I love you!’ So he said: ‘Consider what you say.’ He said: ‘By Allāh! I indeed love you!’ Three times. He said: ‘If you do love me, then prepare arm yourself against poverty. For indeed poverty comes faster upon whoever loves me than the flood to its destination.’” (Da’if)
(Another chain) with a similar narration in meaning.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb Abū Al-Wāzī' Ar-Rāsibī's (a narrator in the chain) name is Jābir bin 'Amr, and he is from Al-Baṣrah.
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Commentary
The Hadīth emphasizes the fact that if a person truly loves the Prophet ﷺ, he should prepare himself for a life of austerity and arm himself with the shield of patience and contentment even as the Prophet ﷺ did. In it lies the true test of a person's claim of love for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ
