Ibn-e-Adam Claims: My Wealth, My Wealth

[24. Surah Sura An-Nur: Ayah 56] And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you.

[Sahih Muslim: Book 5, Book Name Kitab Al-Zakat, Number 2277] Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu) reported from the Messenger of Allah (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as having said this: “The heart of an old person feels young for the love of two things: love for long life and wealth.”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 5, Book Name Kitab Al-Zakat, Number 2279] Anas (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as saying: “The son of Adam grows old, but two (desires) in him remain young: desire for wealth and desire for life.”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 5, Book Name Kitab Al-Zakat, Number 2282] Anas (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as saying: “If the son of Adam were to possess two valleys of riches. he would long for the third one. And the stomach of the son of Adam is not filled but with dust. And Allah returns to him who repents.”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 5, Book Name Kitab Al-Zakat, Number 2285] Ibn Abbas (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as saying: “If there were for the son of Adam a valley full of riches, he would long to possess another one like it. and Ibn-e-Adam does not feel satiated but with dust. And Allah returns to him who returns (to Him).”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 42 “Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa’iq”, Number 7061] Mutarrif (Radi Allah Anhu) reported on the authority of his father: I came to Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as he was reciting: “Abundance diverts you” He said (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam): “The son of Adam claims: My wealth, my wealth. And he (the Holy Prophet) said: O son of Adam. is there anything as your belonging except that which you consumed, which you utilized, or which you wore and then it was worn out or you gave as charity and sent it forward?”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 42 “Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa’iq”, Number 7063] Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as saying: “A servant says, My wealth. my wealth, but out of his wealth three things are only his: whatever he eats and makes use of or by means of which he dresses and it wears out or he gives as a charity, and this is what he stored for himself (as a reward for the Hereafter), and what is beyond this (it is of no use to you) because you are to depart and leave it for other people. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-‘Ala’ b. ‘Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of transmitters.”

[Sahih Muslim: Book 42 “Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa’iq”, Number 7064] Anas b. Malik (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) as saying: “Three things follow the bier of a dead man. two of them come back and one is left with him: his family members. wealth and his good deeds. The members of his family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with him.”