\nNarrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:\n \n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) ascended the pulpit and said, "Nothing worries me as to what will happen to you after \nme, except the temptation of worldly blessings which will be conferred on you." Then he mentioned \nthe worldly pleasures. He started with the one (i.e. the blessings) and took up the other (i.e. the \npleasures). A man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Can the good bring about evil?" The Prophet (ﷺ) \nremained silent and we thought that he was being inspired divinely, so all the people kept silent with \nawe. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) wiped the sweat off his face and asked, "Where is the present questioner?" "Do \nyou think wealth is good?" he repeated thrice, adding, "No doubt, good produces nothing but good. \nIndeed it is like what grows on the banks of a stream which either kills or nearly kills the grazing \nanimals because of gluttony except the vegetation-eating animal which eats till both its flanks are full \n(i.e. till it gets satisfied) and then stands in the sun and defecates and urinates and again starts grazing. \nThis worldly property is sweet vegetation. How excellent the wealth of the Muslim is, if it is collected \nthrough legal means and is spent in Allah's Cause and on orphans, poor people and travelers. But he \nwho does not take it legally is like an eater who is never satisfied and his wealth will be a witness \nagainst him on the Day of Resurrection."\n

\nNarrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:\n \n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) ascended the pulpit and said, "Nothing worries me as to what will happen to you after \nme, except the temptation of worldly blessings which will be conferred on you." Then he mentioned \nthe worldly pleasures. He started with the one (i.e. the blessings) and took up the other (i.e. the \npleasures). A man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Can the good bring about evil?" The Prophet (ﷺ) \nremained silent and we thought that he was being inspired divinely, so all the people kept silent with \nawe. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) wiped the sweat off his face and asked, "Where is the present questioner?" "Do \nyou think wealth is good?" he repeated thrice, adding, "No doubt, good produces nothing but good. \nIndeed it is like what grows on the banks of a stream which either kills or nearly kills the grazing \nanimals because of gluttony except the vegetation-eating animal which eats till both its flanks are full \n(i.e. till it gets satisfied) and then stands in the sun and defecates and urinates and again starts grazing. \nThis worldly property is sweet vegetation. How excellent the wealth of the Muslim is, if it is collected \nthrough legal means and is spent in Allah's Cause and on orphans, poor people and travelers. But he \nwho does not take it legally is like an eater who is never satisfied and his wealth will be a witness \nagainst him on the Day of Resurrection."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي مَا يُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ الأَرْضِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ زَهْرَةَ الدُّنْيَا، فَبَدَأَ بِإِحْدَاهُمَا وَثَنَّى بِالأُخْرَى، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَيَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قُلْنَا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ‏.‏ وَسَكَتَ النَّاسُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمِ الطَّيْرَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَسَحَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ الرُّحَضَاءَ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ آنِفًا أَوَخَيْرٌ هُوَ ـ ثَلاَثًا ـ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَإِنَّهُ كُلُّ مَا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ مَا يَقْتُلُ حَبَطًا أَوْ يُلِمُّ كُلَّمَا أَكَلَتْ، حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَلأَتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلَتِ الشَّمْسَ، فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ ثُمَّ رَتَعَتْ، وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ، وَنِعْمَ صَاحِبُ الْمُسْلِمِ لِمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِحَقِّهِ، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْخُذْهُ بِحَقِّهِ فَهْوَ كَالآكِلِ الَّذِي لاَ يَشْبَعُ، وَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏