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What is the degree of authenticity of the hadith concerning complaining about poverty and hardship, and are its various forms, such as "greet me" or "greet yourself," authentic?

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The hadith is very weak and has been narrated with two wordings: The first is: "When you enter your house, greet if there is anyone in it, and if there is no one in it, then greet me, and recite: 'Say: He is Allah, the One' once." The second is: "When you enter your house, greet if there is anyone in it, and if there is no one in it, then greet yourself, and recite: 'Say: He is Allah, the One' once." The similar hadith: "Whoever recites 'Say: He is Allah, the One' when he enters his house, poverty will be removed from the people of that house and the neighbors," is also very weak.

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