“Indifference towards this world does not mean forbiddingwhat is permitted, or squandering wealth, rather indifference towardsthis world means not thinking that what you have in your hand is morereliable than what is in Allah’s Hand, and it means feeling thatthereward for a calamity that befalls you is greater than that whichthecalamity makes you miss out on.’”

“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who hadbeenstabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept andMu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Isthere some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, thebest of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any ofthese reasons. But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me some adviceand I wish that I had followed it. He (ﷺ) said: “There may come atime when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all youwill need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause ofAllah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’”

“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. Isaid:‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except forsomethinghe asked.’ So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked meabout some thingswe heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:“Whoever is focusedonly on this world, Allah will confound hisaffairs and make him fearpoverty constantly, and he will not getanything of this world exceptthat which has been decreed for him.Whoever is focused on theHereafter, Allah will settle his affairsfor him and make him feelcontent with his lot, and his provisionand worldly gains willundoubtedly come to him.”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) say: ‘The likeness of this world in comparison to theHereafter is that of anyone of you dipping his finger into the sea:let him see what he brings forth.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) lay down on areed mat, and it left marks on his skin. I said: ‘May my father andmother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! If you had told uswe would have provided you with something that would save you thistrouble.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘What is therebetweenmyself and the world? This world and I are just like a riderwho stopsto rest beneath the shade of a tree then goes and leavesit.’”

“Shall I not tell you about the kings of Paradise?’ Isaid:‘Yes.’ He said: ‘A weak and oppressed man who wears tatteredclothes and is not paid any heed. If he swears (an oath) by Allah,Allah fulfills it.’”

“Allah loves His believing slave who is poor, does not begand has many children.”

“This Verse was revealed concerningussix: Myself, Ibn Mas’ud, Suhaib, ‘Ammar, Miqdad and Bilal. TheQuraish said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘We do not want tojointhem, send them away.’ Thoughts of that entered the heart oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) as much as Allah willed, then Allahrevealed:“And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morningand afternoonseeking His Face. You are accountable for them innothing, and theyare accountable for you in nothing, that you mayturn them away, andthus become of the unjust.” [6:52]

“Thewealthiest will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection,exceptthose who do such and such with their money, and earn it fromgoodsources.”

“The wealthiest will be the lowest, except one who does such andsuch,’ three things.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)sent me to a man whom he was talking to lend him a she-camel (formilking) and to be returned, but he refused. Then he sent me toanother man, who sent a she-camel to him. When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) saw it, he said: ‘O Allah, bless it and bless the one whosent it.’”Nuqadah said: "I said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): 'And for the one who brought it.' He said: 'And (bless) the one who brought it.' Then he ordered that it should be milked and it yielded plenty of milk. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'O Allah, increase the wealth of so-and-so,' meaning the first one who did not give a camel; 'and give so-and-so provision day by day,' meaning the one who had sent the she-camel."

“OAllah, make the provision of the family of Muhammadsufficient forthem.”

“We, the family of Muhammad (ﷺ),would stay for a month during which no fire would be lit (forcooking)and we had only dates and water.”

“There would come amonth when no smoke was seen in any of the households of the familyof Muhammad (ﷺ).I said: "What did you eat?" She said: "The two black ones - dates and water." But we had neighbors among the Ansar, sincere neighbors, who had domestic sheep, and they used to send some of their milk to us. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: "And they were nine households."

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soulofMuhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grainsor a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”

“A man came to theProphet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, show me a deedwhich,if I do it, Allah will love me and people will love me. TheMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: “Be indifferent towards this world,and Allahwill love you. Be indifferent to what is in people’shands, and theywill love you.”

“I do not know except that he attributed it to theProphet (ﷺ)” – “Allah says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourselfto Myworship, and I will fill your heart with contentment and takecare ofyour poverty; but if you do not do that, then I will fillyour heartwith worldly concerns and will not take care of yourpoverty.’”

“The poor believers will enter Paradise half a day – fivehundredyears – before the rich.’”

“The poor Muhajirun will enter Paradise before therich,the equivalent of five hundred years.”

“The poor Muhajiruncomplained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that with whichAllahhad favored the rich over them. He said: ‘O poor people,shall I notgive you the glad tidings that the poor believers willenter Paradisehalf a day, five hundred years, before the rich?’”