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Sayings (Hadiths) of Prophet Muhammad
About contentment with small things and spending moderately
1- Narrated Abu-Huraira : the Prophet said : being rich does not mean
having a great deal of property, but richness is self-contentment.
2- Narrated Hakeem ibn Hezam: once, I asked Allah’s Messenger for something and he gave it to me;
again I asked and he gave it to me; again I asked and he gave it to me.
Then He said: O Hakeem! This property is a like a sweet fresh fruit; whoever takes it without
greediness, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with greediness, it will not be
blessed for him. Such person is like a person who eats but is never satisfied. And the upper(giving) hand
is better than the lower (receiving) hand.
Hakeem added : I said to Allah’s Messenger : By Him (Allah) who
sent you with the truth, l shall never accept anything form anybody after you, until I leave this world.
Then Abu Bakr during his caliphate called Hakeem to give him his share from AL-Fay(it is differ from war booty,
AL-Fay is any revenue added to the common treasury unrelated to fighting; an example of this is the property left
by any heirless person on his death ), he once again refused to accept anything. Then Omar did the same during his
caliphate and Hakeem refused. At that, Omar said: O Muslims! I would like you to witness that I offered Hakeem his share
from this booty and he refused to take it. So Hakeem never took anything form anybody after the Prophet until he died.
(Bukhari)
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