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ibnmajah:2307Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAlī b. ʿUrwah > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the rich to keep sheep, and he commanded the poor to keep chickens, and he said: 'When the rich keep chickens, then Allah will give permission for the town to be destroyed."'  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٠٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الأَغْنِيَاءَ بِاتِّخَاذِ الْغَنَمِ وَأَمَرَ الْفُقَرَاءَ بِاتِّخَاذِ الدَّجَاجِ وَقَالَ عِنْدَ اتِّخَاذِ الأَغْنِيَاءِ الدَّجَاجَ يَأْذَنُ اللَّهُ بِهَلاَكِ الْقُرَى  


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