ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّكَ اللَّهُ، وَازْهَدْ فِيمَا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ يُحِبَّكَ النَّاسُ
Be detached from worldly things and Allah will love you; refrain from coveting what people possess and people will love you.
Source: الترمذي وابن ماجه
ازْهَدْ is a singular imperative: “practice detachment.” فِي الدُّنْيَا means “regarding worldly life,” and فِيمَا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ means “regarding what people have.” يُحِبَّكَ means “will love you”: Allah is the subject in the first clause and النَّاسُ in the second.
Zuhd does not require abandoning lawful work, responsible ownership, or people’s rights. It redirects the heart away from greed, treating wealth as life’s ultimate goal, and expecting others to hand over what belongs to them.