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Bulugh al-Maram: Hadith 758

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Bulugh al-Maram
1473: وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: { جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ! دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا عَمِلْتُهُ أَحَبَّنِي اَللَّهُ, وَأَحَبَّنِي اَلنَّاسُ.‏ [فـ] قَالَ: اِزْهَدْ فِي اَلدُّنْيَا يُحِبُّكَ اَللَّهُ, وَازْهَدْ فِيمَا عِنْدَ اَلنَّاسِ يُحِبُّكَ اَلنَّاسُ } رَوَاهُ اِبْنُ مَاجَه, وَسَنَدُهُ حَسَنٌ (1932)‏ .‏
Sahl bin Sa'd (RAA) narrated, A man came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah`s Messenger (ﷺ), direct me to a deed which if I do it, I shall be loved by Allah and by people." He replied, "If you practice abstinence in this world, Allah will love you, and if you abstain from (desiring) what people have, they will love you."

Related by Ibn Majah and others with a good chain of narrators.
Reference: English : Book 16, Hadith 1516
Arabic : Book 16, Hadith 1472