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    Warning Against Envy and Hatred

    Hadith Twenty

    Concerning the Warning Against Envy and Hatred Which
    Are the Disease That Caused the Destruction of Nations


    It is narrated from al-Zubayr ibn al-`Awamm (ra)
    that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: "The disease of
    previous nations has crawled its way to you: envy and
    hatred. Hatred is the shearer (al-hâliqa). It does no
    shear hair but it shears religion. By the One in Whose
    hand is Muhammad's soul! You shall never enter
    Paradise until you believe, and you shall never
    believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you
    of something which, if you do it, you shall love one
    another?"They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!"He
    said: "Spread salaams among yourselves."

    It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ahmad as well as
    al-Bazzar with a good chain as stated in al-Mundhiri's
    Targhib and al-Haythami's Majma` al-Zawa'id. The
    beginning of this hadith is in Sahih Muslim and
    elsewhere.

     

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