Hadith #579
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَن
ِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا مَاتَ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ
Isnad Chain
سعد بن إبراهيم
صالح
ابن شهاب
عبد الرحمن
English Translation
Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn Shihāb, who said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Kaʿb narrated to me that it reached him that Kaʿb ibn Mālik said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Two hungry wolves set loose among a flock of sheep are not more destructive to them than a man's desire for wealth and status is to his religion.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 30, Hadith 579
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15217
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51607