The narrator reported: Al-Mala'i narrated to us with this chain in the same manner.
Hadith Referenceمسند اسحاق بن راهويه / كتاب البر و الصلة / 777
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits: From the aforementioned narration, it is understood that among the evil traits of a human being are greed and cowardice. When greed and cowardice are combined in a person, it is called "shuh" (miserliness combined with avarice and fear).
In another hadith, it is stated: "Beware of shuh, for it destroyed those before you; it incited them to shed blood and made them declare the unlawful as lawful." (Muslim, Book of Righteousness, Chapter: The Prohibition of Oppression, No: 2578)
And the Divine statement is: ﴿وَّمَنْیُّوقَشُحَّنَفْسِهٖفَاُوْلٰٓئِكَهُمُالْمُفْلِحُوْنَ﴾ ( ) "...And whoever is protected from the miserliness of his soul, then those are the successful (and prosperous)."
Halū‘: A person who is extremely greedy and excessively anxious is called "halū‘". The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is: ﴿اِِنَّالْاِِنسَانَخُلِقَهَلُوْعًا﴾ ( ) "Indeed, man was created anxious (halū‘)."
Because it is the greedy and miserly person who is faint-hearted and panics. Further, Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, said: ﴿اِِذَامَسَّهُالشَّرُّجَزُوْعًا() وَاِِذَامَسَّهُالْخَیْرُمَنُوْعًا﴾ ( – ) "When evil touches him, he is impatient and fretful. And when good touches him, he withholds (is miserly)."