Hadith #408

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنَا ‏ ‏حَنْظَلَةُ ‏ ‏سَمِعْتُ ‏ ‏سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ‏ ‏ابْنَ عُمَرَ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ ‏ ‏سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ ‏ ‏لَأَنْ يَكُونَ جَوْفُ الْمَرْءِ مَمْلُوءًا ‏ ‏قَيْحًا ‏ ‏خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَمْلُوءًا شِعْرًا ‏

English Translation

Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us, Hanzalah informed us, I heard Salim ibn 'Abdullah say: I heard Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'That a man keeps on begging until he meets Allah on the Day of Resurrection without a piece of flesh on his face [is worse than any humiliation].'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 408

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5446

Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41836