hadith
639
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Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) quoted on the authority of God's Prophet (a.s)
“Money (and the world) destroyed those before you, and they will destroy you too.”
عن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) قال
قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): إن الدينار والدرهم أهلكا من كان قبلكم وهما مهلكاكم.
Tags
Wealth/Materialism
Similar narrations
- Mishkāt al-Anwār #1562 “Money destroyed those before you, and it will destroy you too.”
- Al-Khiṣāl #151 Silver and gold money destroyed those before you and they will destroy you, too.”
- Al-Kāfi #1138 “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘The world and dirham (money) have destroyed those who lived before you and they will destroy you also.’”