Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17697

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has distributed character among you just as He has distributed provision among you. Allah Almighty gives the world to the one He loves and also to the one He does not love, but He gives religion only to the one He loves; so whoever Allah Almighty has granted religion, Allah Almighty loves him. By the One in whose hand is my soul, a servant does not become a Muslim until his heart submits to Allah Almighty, and a servant does not become a believer until his neighbor is safe from his harms." The narrator says: We asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by his harms?" He said: "His deceiving and his oppressing." (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said:) "Any servant who earns wealth unlawfully and spends from it, no blessing is placed for him in that wealth; if he gives it in charity, it is not accepted from him; and if he leaves that wealth behind him, it becomes his provision for the journey to Hell. Indeed, Allah Almighty does not erase evil by means of evil; rather, He erases evil by means of good. A foul thing does not erase a foul thing."
Ahmad recorded it; its narrators have been declared trustworthy, though there is disagreement about some of its narrators.