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What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Seek help in achieving your needs through discretion, for everyone who is blessed is envied"?

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The rank of the aforementioned hadith and the scholarly disagreement regarding its authentication and weakening have been previously explained. There is another narration for it reported by Al-Khula'i from Ali, (marfu'an - directly attributed to the Prophet), with the wording: "Seek assistance in fulfilling your needs by concealing them." It is also supported by a hadith from At-Tabarani on the authority of Ibn Abbas: "Indeed, people of blessings have envious ones, so beware of them." Al-Albani authenticated it with the wording: "Seek assistance in succeeding in your needs by concealing them, for every possessor of a blessing is envied." Some scholars permit acting upon a weak hadith in matters of virtuous deeds (Fada'il al-A'mal) under certain conditions, including that it falls under a general principle and that it is not attributed to someone whose narrations are selected.

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