To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

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The Fitnah of wealth should be warded off

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Hadith 5

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ENGLISH

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The son of Adam (i.e. man) grows old and so also two (desires) grow old with him, i.e., love for wealth and (a wish for) a long life."

ARABIC

‏ يَكْبَرُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَيَكْبَرُ مَعَهُ اثْنَانِ حُبُّ الْمَالِ، وَطُولُ الْعُمُرِ ‏