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While I was sitting with some people from Quraish, a man with very rough hair, clothes, and
appearance came and stood in front of us, greeted us and said, “Inform those who hoard wealth, that a
stone will be heated in the Hell-fire and will be put on the nipples of their breasts till it comes out
from the bones of their shoulders and then put on the bones of their shoulders till it comes through the
nipples of their breasts the stone will be moving and hitting.” After saying that, the person retreated
and sat by the side of the pillar, I followed him and sat beside him, and I did not know who he was. I
said to him, “I think the people disliked what you had said.” He said, “These people do not understand
anything, although my friend told me.” I asked, “Who is your friend?” He said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to
me), ‘O Abu Dhar! Do you see the mountain of Uhud?’ And on that I (Abu Dhar) started looking
towards the sun to judge how much remained of the day as I thought that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to
send me to do something for him and I said, ‘Yes!’ He said, ‘I do not love to have gold equal to the
mountain of Uhud unless I spend it all (in Allah’s cause) except three Dinars (pounds). These people
do not understand and collect worldly wealth. No, by Allah, Neither I ask them for worldly benefits
nor am I in need of their religious advice till I meet Allah, The Honorable, The Majestic.” ‘

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “There is no envy except in two: a person whom Allah has given wealth
and he spends it in the right way, and a person whom Allah has given wisdom (i.e. religious
knowledge) and he gives his decisions accordingly and teaches it to the others.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If one give in charity what equals one date-fruit from the honestly earned
money and Allah accepts only the honestly earned money –Allah takes it in His right (hand) and then
enlarges its reward for that person (who has given it), as anyone of you brings up his baby horse, so
much s that it becomes as big as a mountain

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “O people! Give in charity as a time will come upon you when a person
will wander about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept it, and one (who will
be requested to take it) will say, “If you had brought it yesterday, would have taken it, but today I am
not in need of it.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and said, “Invite the people to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and I am Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that
Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in every day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they
obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from
their property and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established till your wealth increases so
much so that one will be worried, for no one will accept his Zakat and the person to whom he will
give it will reply, ‘I am not in need of it.’ ”

A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) “Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise.” The people said,
“What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He has something to
ask. (What he needs greatly) The Prophet (ﷺ) said: (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah
and do not ascribe any partners to Him, offer prayer perfectly, pay the Zakat and keep good relations
with your Kith and kin.” (See Hadith No. 12, Vol 8).

While I was sitting with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) two person came to him; one of them complained
about his poverty and the other complained about the prevalence of robberies. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said,
“As regards stealing and robberies, there will shortly come a time when a caravan will go to Mecca
(from Medina) without any guard. And regarding poverty, The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be
established till one of you wanders about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept
it And (no doubt) each one of you will stand in front of Allah and there will be neither a curtain nor an
interpreter between him and Allah, and Allah will ask him, ‘Did not I give you wealth?’ He will reply
in the affirmative. Allah will further ask, ‘Didn’t send a messenger to you?’ And again that person will
reply in the affirmative Then he will look to his right and he will see nothing but Hell-fire, and then he
will look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire. And so, any (each one) of you should save
himself from the fire even by giving half of a date-fruit (in charity). And if you do not find a hall datefruit,
then (you can do it through saying) a good pleasant word (to your brethren). (See Hadith No.
793 Vol. 4).

A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I
do it.” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five)
prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadan.”
The Bedouin said, “By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than this.” When he (the
Bedouin) left, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this
man.”Narrated Abu Zur’a:From the Prophet (ﷺ) the same as above.

Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “A time will come upon the people when a person will wander about with
gold as Zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and one man will be seen followed by forty
women to be their guardian because of scarcity of men and great number of women. ”