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Sahih Muslim 2961a (Book 55, Hadith 9) #14529
The Dangers of Wealth

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the dangers of wealth and how it can lead to destruction if one is not careful.

'Amr b. 'Auf, who was an ally of Banu 'Amir b. Luwayy (and he was one amongst them) who participated in Badr along with Allah's Messenger reported that, Allah's Messenger sent Abu 'Ubaida b. Al-Jarrah to Bahrain for collecting Jizya and Allah's Messenger had made a truce with the people of Bahrain and had appointed 'Ala' b. Hadrami and Abu 'Ubaida (for this purpose). They came with wealth from Bahrain and the Ansar heard about the arrival of Abu 'Ubaida and they had observed the dawn prayer along with Allah's Messenger . When Allah's Messenger had finished the prayer, they (the Ansar) came before him and Allah's Messenger smiled as he saw them and then said: I think you have heard about the arrival of Abu 'Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said: Allah's Messenger, yes, it is so. Thereupon he said: Be happy and be hopeful of that which gives you delight. By Allah, it is not the poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am afraid in your case that (the worldly) riches way be given to you as were given to those who had gone before you and you begin to vie with one another for them as they vied for them, and these may destroy you as these destroyed them.
حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَرْمَلَةَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ التُّجِيبِيَّ - أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَهُوَ حَلِيفُ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَىٍّ وَكَانَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَأْتِي بِجِزْيَتِهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ هُوَ صَالَحَ أَهْلَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَلاَءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فَقَدِمَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَسَمِعَتِ الأَنْصَارُ بِقُدُومِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَوَافَوْا صَلاَةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ انْصَرَفَ فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ رَآهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَظُنُّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ قَدِمَ بِشَىْءٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ ‏"‏ فَأَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا الْفَقْرَ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ ‏.‏ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَافَسُوهَا كَمَا تَنَافَسُوهَا وَتُهْلِكَكُمْ كَمَا أَهْلَكَتْهُمْ

TOPICS
wealth  *  destruction  *  greed  *  contentment  *  maal  *  jazaa  *  qasamah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be happy with what you have been given and be hopeful for more blessings from Allah.

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith, Allah's Messenger warns his followers about the dangers of wealth and how it can lead to destruction if one is not careful. He cautions them against greed and encourages contentment with what they have been given. He reminds them that those who came before them were destroyed by their pursuit of worldly riches, and he does not want the same fate for his followers. He advises them to be happy with what they have been given but also be hopeful for more blessings from Allah.

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