مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الرقاقThe Book of Heart-Softeners
(الزُّهْدُ هُوَ الكَسْبُ الحَلَالُ وَنَقْصُ الآمالِ)
(Asceticism is lawful earning and reduction of hopes)
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Hadith 5283
وَعَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا وَسُئِلَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ الزُّهْدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ: طِيبُ الْكَسْبِ وَقِصَرُ الْأَمَلِ. رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي «شعب الْإِيمَان»
Zaid bin Hussain (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates, I heard from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), he was asked, what is meant by renunciation of the world? He replied: Lawful earning and having few hopes. Its chain of narration is weak, narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
