Tag Archives: Poverty

January, 2021

28 January
An unreliable narration regarding wealth and poverty

Question Is there a narration that says if you own less than 60 000 you are a pauper?

2 December
A follow up query regarding Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) choosing poverty

Question Could you provide the source and authenticity of this Hadith? I saw one site who claim that the Hadith is in Bukhari and another site says says Ahmad. But I haven’t found it in either place. Could you please verify? On the authority of Abu Umamah who quotes the Prophet as saying: “My Rabb has offered me that He …

26 November
Riba/usury will always end up in poverty and humiliation

Question Is the following Hadith recorded in Musnad Ahmad authentic? “No matter how much interest you have it will decrease.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith: 3753)

10 August
Translation of a Hadith regarding four categories of people

Question Kindly translate this Hadith الناس أربعة، والأعمال ستة، فالناس موسع عليه في الدنيا والآخرة، وموسع له في الدنيا مقتور عليه في الآخرة، ومقتور عليه في الدنيا موسع عليه في الآخرة، وشقي في الدنيا والآخرة

18 March
Caution against hoarding food

Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? “Whoever hoards food [and keeps it from] the Muslims, Allah will afflict him with leprosy and bankruptcy.”
3 March
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) never ate to his fill twice in one day

Question Is this Hadith authentic? Masruq (rahimahullah) said: I entered upon ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha) and she invited me to eat. She said: ‘Whenever I eat my fill of food I want to cry and begin crying.’ He said: ‘Why?’ She said: ‘I remember the circumstances under which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) parted from the world. By …

21 January
A woman from a previous ummah who was miraculously given food

Question Is this incident authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports an incident from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that from the people of the past there was a husband and wife who were extremely poor. On one occasion the husband arrived from a journey and entered his home suffering from pangs of hunger. He asked his wife ‘Do you …

2 December
A fabrication regarding poverty for Sahabah and wealth for the latter generation

Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “For my Sahabah, poverty is regarded to be good fortune/means of success but for the Believer who comes at the end of time, wealth is regarded to be good fortune/a means of success. Thus, if you are able to become wealthy, then you should do so.”

19 September
The poverty of Imam Shafi’i’s mother and the hardship he endured

Question I wanted the reference for the following statement: Imam Shafi’i (rahimahullah) said: “I was an orphan and my mother couldn’t afford to purchase paper for me. When I found a bone, I would take it and write on it.”

26 August
Meaning of part of a Hadith in Sahih Muslim regarding the abject poverty of a tribe from Mudar

Question What is the translation of ‘مجتابي النمار’ in the following Hadith? عن المنذر بن جرير، عن أبيه، قال: كنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في صدر النهار، قال: فجاءه قوم حفاة عراة مجتابي النمار أو العباء، متقلدي السيوف، عامتهم من مضر، بل كلهم من مضر فتمعر وجه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لما رأى بهم من …

10 April
Look at those who are more pious than you and less well off than you and Allah will record you among the grateful and patient

Question I would like to know the reference for the following Hadith: Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “He who has two traits, Allah will record him to be among the grateful and the patient and if he does not possess these two habits, he will not be recorded by Allah among the grateful …

11 July
Nabi’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) fear for this Ummah

Question What is the authenticity of this? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “I do not fear poverty [after my demise], rather I fear that you will gather and amass wealth. I do not fear you [my ummah] unintentionally erring, rather I fear that you will intentionally [sin]”

14 March
A Hadith regarding poverty and the name Muhammad

Question Is this narration authentic? لا يدخل الفقر بيتا فيه اسمي

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