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The Three Traps of Shaitaan for the Wealthy
عن عبد الرحمن بن عوف قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: قال الشيطان لعنه الله: لن يسلم مني صاحب المال من إحدى ثلاث أغدو عليه بهن وأروح بهن: أخذه من غير حله وإنفاقه في غير حقه وأحببه إليه فيمنعه من حقه (مجمع الزوائد، الرقم: 17797)
Hazrat ‘Abdur Rahmaan bin ‘Awf (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned that shaitaan – may Allah Ta‘ala’s curse be upon him - said the following, “ A wealthy person will never be able to escape me in regard to one of three sins that I tempt him with, every morning and evening; (the first is) the sin of earning wealth through haraam means, (the second is) spending wealth in the wrong avenues, and (the third is where) I make the wealth so beloved to him that it causes him to hold it back and abstain from spending it in the right avenues.”