On the authority of Abu al-’Abbas Sahl bin Sa’d al-Sa’idi, radiyallahu ’anhu, who said: A man came to the Prophet, sallallahu ’alayhi wasallam, and said: \”O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me.\” He, sallallahu ’alayhi wasallam, answered: \”Be indifferent to the world and Allah will love you; be indifferent to what people possess and they will love you.\” [A fine hadith related by Ibn Majah and others with good chains of authorities]
