Chapter VII: Intention, Sincerity and Truth
The sage Haris said: O brethren, three evil learned men are the names of the people and their trials. They are attached to the wealth of the world and eager to the worldly advancements.
They have preferred this worldly treasures than those of the next world and humilitated religion for the world. They are owners of high rank in this world but losers in the hereafter. Don't you see that the Prophet said : Don't hoard up wealth on the plea that the companion of the Prophet Hazrat Abdul Rahman-b-Auf was a great rich man during the time of the Prophet: When he died, Hazrat Ka'ab said that he earned lawfully and left lawful wealth.
When the companion Abu Zarr heard it, he flew into rage on Ka'ab and found him near Hazrat Osman and said : O Ka'ab you think that there is no fault in the wealth left by Abdur Rahman.
The Prophet took me one day to the mountain of Uhud and said :
O Abu Zarr, the rich will become poor on the Resurrection Day except those who spend to their right, left, front and back and their numbers are few. O Abu Zarr, if there be my wealth equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would not be g6od for me if I leave therefrom even two qirats at the time of my death. You wish to have greater wealth but I wish to have little. Abu Zarr said to Ka'ab : You say that there is no fault in properties left by Abdur Rahman. Then he went out.
Hazrat Haris said : We heard that there was a great row when several camel loads of merchandise of Abdur Rahman arrived at Medina. Hazrat Ayesha asked : Why is this row ? He was told that merchandise had come. Then he said : I heard the Prophet say : I saw paradise and saw that the poor refugees are entering paradise. I saw no rich man entering there except Abdur Rahman whom was going there crippling. Abdur Rahman said ; I give in charity in the way of God all these merchandises and I give liberty to all the male and female slaves along with it, so that I can enter paradise with them running. The Prophet said to Abdur Rahman : You will enter Paradise first among my rich companions, but you will enter there crippling.
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