Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

We went out with ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar and a bedouin said (to ‘Abdullah), “Tell me about Allah’s saying: “And those who hoard up gold and silver (Al-Kanz – money, gold, silver etc., the Zakat of which has not been paid) and spend it not in the Way of Allah (V.9:34).” Ibn ‘Umar said, “Whoever hoarded them and did not pay the Zakat thereof, then woe to him. But these holy Verses were revealed before the Verses of Zakat. So when the Verses of Zakat were revealed, Allah made Zakat a purifier of the property.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, “No Zakat is due on property mounting to less than five Uqiyas (of
silver), and no Zakat is due on less than five camels, and there is no Zakat on less than five Wasqs.”
(A Wasqs equals 60 Sa’s) & (1 Sa=3 K gms App.)

I passed by a place called Ar-Rabadha and by chance I met Abu Dhar and asked him, “What has
brought you to this place?” He said, “I was in Sham and differed with Muawiya on the meaning of
(the following verses of the Qur’an): ‘They who hoard up gold and silver and spend them not in the
way of Allah.’ (9.34). Muawiya said, ‘This verse is revealed regarding the people of the scriptures.” I
said, It was revealed regarding us and also the people of the scriptures.” So we had a quarrel and
Mu’awiya sent a complaint against me to `Uthman. `Uthman wrote to me to come to Medina, and I
came to Medina. Many people came to me as if they had not seen me before. So I told this to `Uthman
who said to me, “You may depart and live nearby if you wish.” That was the reason for my being here
for even if an Ethiopian had been nominated as my ruler, I would have obeyed him .

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, “They (the deceased persons in those graves) are
being tortured not for a great thing to avoid.” And then added, “Yes, (they are being punished for a big
sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from being
soiled with his urine.” (Ibn `Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it into
two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, “May their punishment be abated till these
(two pieces) get dry.”

Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), “Perish you all the day.”
Then the Divine Inspiration came: “Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he!” (111.1).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you dies, he is shown his place both in the morning and in the
evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is shown his place in it, and if he is from the people
of the Hell-Fire; he is shown his place there-in. Then it is said to him, ‘This is your place till Allah
resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When the funeral is ready (for its burial) and the people lift it on their shoulders,
then if the deceased is a righteous person he says, ‘Take me ahead,’ and if he is not a righteous one
then he says, ‘Woe to it (me)! Where are you taking it (me)?’ And his voice is audible to everything
except human beings; and if they heard it they would fall down unconscious . ”