Hadith #595
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الر
َّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا ذِئْبَانِ جَائِعَانِ أُرْسِلَا فِي غَنَمٍ بِأَفْسَدَ لَهَا مِنْ حِرْصِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى الْمَالِ وَالشَّرَفِ لِدِينِهِ
Isnad Chain
علي بن إسحاق
عبد الله
زكريا بن أبي زائدة
محمد بن عبد الر
English Translation
ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, he said: ʿAbdullāh informed us, he said: Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāʾidah informed us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Saʿd ibn Zurārah, from Ibn Kaʿb ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Two hungry wolves set loose among a flock of sheep would not be more destructive to them than a man's desire for wealth and honor is to his religion.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 30, Hadith 595
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15233
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51623