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To what extent is the hadith "Love of the world is the head of every sin" authentic?

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The hadith "Love of the world is the head of every sin" is weak, and some have even attributed it to fabrication. Al-Bayhaqi narrated it in Shu'ab al-Iman with a good chain of transmission from Al-Hasan Al-Basri as a mursal report, and it has also been attributed to Jesus son of Mary, Malik ibn Dinar, and Jundub al-Bajali.

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