Is the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) authentic? He said: A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah"

The questioner: Our Shaykh, regarding the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal when he said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "I love you, O Messenger of Allah." He said to him: .

The Shaykh: What did he say to him?

The questioner: He said to him: .

The Shaykh: What did he say to the Messenger?

The questioner: He said to him: "I love you, O Messenger of Allah." He said to him: or so it was said in the hadith, ; is that the hadith?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: So this hadith, you mentioned it in "Riyad al-Salihin" without any comment on it; meaning that it is authentic; is that the understanding from it?

The Shaykh: It should be so.

The questioner: So in a new edition of "Riyad al-Salihin" edited by some young scholars, they mention that this hadith's text is not authentic; is their statement correct?

The Shaykh: What is the evidence that the text is not authentic?

The questioner: They said that there are many proofs regarding wealth, , and some things like these types?

The Shaykh: This does not negate the hadith; meaning — for example — the hadith: does this contradict the other hadith he said: ? It does not contradict, meaning poverty is for some people, wealth is for some people, and the middle between this and that is for some people; the believer is the one who prepares himself for patience with whatever he may be tested with.

Another questioner: Okay; what is the meaning of the hadith, Shaykh? The hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal?

The Shaykh: It means take a shield as protection against what may come to you of poverty, so prepare to accept it; meaning it affects you in your direction and your worship and your prayer, as came in an inauthentic hadith: , and also: or he would go astray or something like that, and the hadith is inauthentic, but actually this is something observed regarding some people; some are suited for poverty, and some are suited for wealth.

Another questioner: Our Shaykh, it seems this topic was raised before you once, but a long time ago, meaning more than two years, so I heard you... through your words, that you said in following the Sunnah and preserving it and preserving the religion and leaving doubtful matters and leaving the forbidden, the summary of the topic is that poverty will not catch up with you, and if you want to accumulate from here and here and here, it may become wealth, but the one who wants to follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and loves the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) , so by following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he has to put pressure on himself in this society especially to obtain the love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so he will get from behind this poverty that touches him, meaning, so he has to be patient with it. I understood from those days... words around this topic that you spoke about.

Another questioner: Also — Our Shaykh — in the book "Akhabar Isfahan" by the Shaykh Abu Nu'aym, from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah or al-Thawri, it was said, and it was mentioned in it: "I never found a scrupulous person except that he was in need," this meaning... "I never found a scrupulous person except that he was in need"?

The Shaykh: What do we want with it?

Another questioner : Oh?

The Shaykh: What do we want with it?

The questioner: It supports his statement.

The Shaykh: Is it a hadith, meaning?

The questioner: No.

The Shaykh: What do we say about 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, about 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, what do we say about them? . So the important thing is that if poverty comes to the Muslim, it is obligatory for him to be patient, and if wealth comes to him, it is also obligatory for him to be patient by first earning it from lawful money, then placing it in the ways of the lawful.

Another questioner: Meaning it is not a condition that the scrupulous person or the pious person or...

The Shaykh : It is not a condition.