Hadith 562

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 0: The Book of Miscellany

Chapter 61

Prohibition of Miserliness

باب النهى عن البخل والشح

Riyad as-Salihin 562
وعن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ اتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة واتقوا الشح فإن الشح أهلك من كان قبلكم حملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم” ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it destroyed those who were before you. It incited them to shed their blood and deem unlawful as lawful."[Muslim].