"إِيَّاكُمْ والشُّحَ فَإِنَّمَا أهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، الشُّحُّ أمْرَهُمْ بِالكَذِب فكَذَبُوا، وَأمَرَهُمْ بِالظُّلم فَظَلَمُوا، وأمَرَهُمْ بِالقَطِيعَةِ فَقَطَعُوا".
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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ preached and said: Abstain from avarice, for those who had been before you were annihilated due to avarice. It (avarice) commanded them to show niggardliness; it commanded them to cut off their relationship with their nearest relatives, so they cut off. It commanded them to show profligacy, so they showed it.
خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالشُّحِّ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْبُخْلِ فَبَخَلُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْقَطِيعَةِ فَقَطَعُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْفُجُورِ فَفَجَرُوا
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Beware of injustice, for it will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and beware of obscenity, for Allah does not like obscenity and those who behave indecently. And beware of selfishness, for it has destroyed those who came before you. It commanded them to commit injustice, so they committed it, and it commanded them to commit immorality, so they committed it, and it commanded them to sever the ties of kinship, so they severed them."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّهُ الظُّلُمَاتُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاتَّقُوا الْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفُحْشَ وَالتَّفَحُّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالظُّلْمِ فَظَلَمُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْفُجُورِ فَفَجَرُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْقَطِيعَةِ فَقَطَعُوا»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ preached and said: Abstain from avarice, for those who had been before you were annihilated due to avarice. It (avarice) commanded them to show niggardliness; it commanded them to cut off their relationship with their nearest relatives, so they cut off. It commanded them to show profligacy, so they showed it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1698)
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ؛ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْقَطِيعَةِ فَقَطَعُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْبُخْلِ فَبَخِلُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْفُجُورِ فَفَجَرُوا
"إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بالشُّحِّ، أَمَرَهُمْ بِالبُخْلِ فَبَخِلُوا، وَأَمَرَهُمْ بالقَطِيعَةِ، فَقَطَعُوا، وَأَمَرَهُمْ بالفُجُورِ فَفَجَرُوا ".