مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الزكاة
The Book of Zakat
(وَصْفُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ لِزِيَادَةِ مَالِهِ وَثَرْوَتِهِ)
(Description of one who asks to increase his wealth and riches)
Hadith 1838
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ تَكَثُّرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُ جمرا. فليستقل أَو ليستكثر» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who begs the property of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals,* so let him ask little or much.” Muslim transmitted it. * A reference incurring some of the punishment of hell.
