{"id":4745,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"81","bab_id":16.0,"english_bab_number":"16","arabic_bab_number":"16","hadith_number":"6447","our_hadith_number":36,"arabic_urn":155560,"arabic_bab_name":"باب فَضْلِ الْفَقْرِ","arabic_text":"هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا ‏\"","arabic_transliteration":"hadhaa khayrun min mil'i al'ardi mithla hadhaa ‏\"","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":60620,"english_bab_name":"The superiority of being poor","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`id:\n\n<p>A man passed by Allah's Apostle and the Prophet asked a man sitting beside him, \"What is your \nopinion about this (passer-by)?\" He replied, \"This (passer-by) is from the noble class of people. By \nAllah, if he should ask for a lady's hand in marriage, he ought to be given her in marriage, and if he \nintercedes for somebody, his intercession will be accepted. Allah's Apostle kept quiet, and then \nanother man passed by and Allah's Apostle asked the same man (his companion) again, \"What is your \nopinion about this (second) one?\" He said, \"O Allah's Apostle! This person is one of the poor \nMuslims. If he should ask a lady's hand in marriage, no-one will accept him, and if he intercedes for \nsomebody, no one will accept his intercession, and if he talks, no-one will listen to his talk.\" Then \nAllah's Apostle said, \"This (poor man) is better than such a large number of the first type (i.e. rich \nmen) as to fill the earth.\"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}