Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3202 — Reports on storytellers and preachers

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us such an admonition that eyes overflowed with tears, hearts trembled, the hair on our bodies stood on end and our insides were shaken. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called out: "Al-salatu jami'ah" (Gather for the prayer). Then the narrator mentioned the long hadith, in which there is also: "Whoever prefers this world over the Hereafter, his abode is the Fire. Whoever honours a worldly person and praises him merely out of greed for his worldly wealth, Allah Almighty will be angry with him, and he will be at the level of Qarun in the lowest depth of Hell. Whoever constructs a building for show and fame, on the Day of Resurrection the burden of the seven earths will be placed around his neck in the form of a collar of fire and loaded upon him, blazing in his neck, and then he will be thrown into the Fire." It was asked: What is a building of show and fame? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He builds beyond his need and constructs it merely out of pride and boasting. Whoever learns the Qur'an but does not act upon it, and prefers over it the wealth, goods and adornment of the world, becomes deserving of the anger of Allah Almighty, and he will be at the level of those Jews and Christians who cast the Book of Allah behind them: 'they cast it behind their backs and purchased with it a small price' [Surah Al Imran: 187]. Whoever is displeased with his provision and spreads his complaints, no good deed of his will be raised to the court of Allah Almighty, and he will meet Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, while He is angry with him. Whoever marries a woman in a lawful manner with lawful wealth, but his aim is merely pride and show, Allah Almighty will only increase him in disgrace and humiliation through it, and Allah Almighty will make him stand on the edge of Hell in proportion to the pleasure he took from that woman, and then he will keep falling into it for seventy years. Whoever humiliates a poor Muslim because of his poverty and need, or looks down on him, has in reality disregarded the right of Allah Almighty, and he will remain continually under the aversion and anger of Allah Almighty until he pleases that poor man. Whoever honours and respects a poor Muslim will meet Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection in such a state that He will be smiling upon seeing him. Whoever has this world and the Hereafter presented to him and chooses this world instead of the Hereafter will meet Allah Almighty in such a state that he will have no good deed that could save him from the Fire; and if he prefers the Hereafter over this world, he will meet Allah Almighty while He is pleased with him. And whoever's eyes shed tears out of the fear of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, for every drop of his tears there will be in his scale of deeds a weight equal to the mountain of Uhud, and for every drop he will receive, on the edges of Paradise, such cities and palaces as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and the idea of which has never occurred to the heart of anyone who describes."
This report is severely weak; in its chain Dawud bin al-Muhabbar and Maysarah bin Abd Rabbih are liars and fabricators of hadith.