This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mosuli's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal Nawaahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamaat o Mamnooat.
① Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
إن الله يغار وإن المؤمن يغار وغيرة الله أن يأتى المؤمن ما حرم عليه
"Indeed, Allah is zealous and the believer is also zealous, and Allah is zealous that the believer should commit something forbidden."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Marriage 5223, Muslim, Book of Repentance 2761, Tirmidhi, Book of Breastfeeding 1168.
① Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
ليس الغنى عن كثرة العرض ولكن الغنى غنى النفس
"Self-restraint is not the abundance of possessions, rather self-restraint is the restraint of the self."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Softening the Hearts 6446, Muslim, Book of Zakat 1051, Tirmidhi, Book of Asceticism 2373.
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
إن أغبط أوليائي عندي لمؤمن خفيف الحاذ ذو حظ من الصلاة أحسن عبادة ربه وأطاعه فى السر وكان غامضا فى الناس لا يشار إليه بالأصابع وكان رزقه كفافا فصبر على ذلك ثم نقر بإصبعيه فقال عجلت منيته قلت بواكيه قل تراثه
"Among my friends, the most enviable in my sight is the believer who has few children and little wealth, who is consistent in prayer, worships his Lord well, and obeys Allah even in secret. He holds a lowly and unknown position among people; no fingers are raised against him. His sustenance is just enough, and he is patient with it. Then he spends and finishes it with his own hands. When his death comes, his disputes are few, and his inheritance is very small."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Zuhd 2347, Musnad Ahmad, also Musnad al-Ansar 5/252. The narration is very weak. In its chain, Ubaidullah ibn Zumr is weak and Ali ibn Yazid is very weak.
