Is "Poverty leads to disbelief" a Hadith, and what is its degree, and what is the meaning of the Hadith: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty," when it was said: "And they are balanced?" He said: "Yes"?
A with the wording "Poverty leads to disbelief" has not been found. However, it has been reported in weak hadiths: "Poverty almost became disbelief."
Scholars have interpreted this to mean that poverty may lead its possessor to do what is unfitting for people of faith and chivalry, or to envy the wealthy, or to be displeased with divine decree, which might lead him to disbelief.
That is why the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sought refuge from poverty. And it has been reported in hadiths that pair disbelief and poverty in seeking refuge, such as: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty."
As for the hadith: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty." A man said: "And do they equate?" He said: "Yes," its chain of narration is weak. And the meaning of "do they equate" is that they are counterparts or equivalents, and that poverty may lead to disbelief.
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