Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ruined is the slave of the dinar and the slave of the dirham, whose entire concern is that a dinar or dirham should come his way so that he may take it (by any means)." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is in the Sahih in abridged form.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Isma'il bin Ibrahim Abu Yahya al-Taymi, who is da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الزهد / 17821
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