The First Caliph of RasulAllah ﷺ - PART 4 (Wealth & Generosity)

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Allah in the Name of The Most Affectionate, The Merciful

الصلوۃ والسلام علیک یا سیدی یارسول اللہ

Wealth & Generosity

Allah Most High says: “And he will be averted from it (the Fire) who has the most fearful obedience, the one who gives his wealth purifying himself, and has in his mind no favor from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, but only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High. And soon will he attain satisfaction.” [Qur’an 92:17-21]

About the above verses of the Holy Qur’an, Imam ibn Jawzi states, “They agree unanimously that this was revealed about Sayyidina Abu Bakr.”

The Beloved Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No wealth ever benefited me as did the wealth of Abu Bakr.” Sayyidina Abu Bakr wept and said, “Are I and my wealth for any but you, Messenger of Allah?”

Imam ibn Asakir narrates that Sayyida Aisha and Sayyidina Urwah ibn az-Zubayr said, “Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, accepted Islam on the day that he did and he had forty thousand dinars (and in a wording — forty thousand dirhams) and he spent them on the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”

Abu Sa’id ibn al-Arabi narrated that Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar said, “Abu Bakr accepted Islam, may Allah be pleased with him, on the day that he did, and in his house there were forty thousand dirhams. Then he emigrated to Madinah and he had nothing but five thousand dirhams. He had spent all of that on freeing slaves and helping the cause of Islam.”

Imam ibn Asakir narrates that Sayyida Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said that Sayyidina Abu Bakr freed seven (slaves), each one of whom was being tortured for the sake of Allah.

Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered us to give sadaqah and that agreed with the property that I had so I said, ‘Today I will outdo Abu Bakr if I am ever to outdo him,’ and I brought half of my wealth. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘What have you left for your family?’ I said, ‘I have left the like of it.’ Then Abu Bakr came with everything that he had, and he said, ‘Abu Bakr, what have you left for your family?’ He said, ‘I have left for them Allah and His Messenger.’ I said, ‘I will never ever outdo him in anything.’”

Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah reports that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “We have never been under obligation to anyone but that we have repaid him, except for Abu Bakr, for he has put obligations on us which Allah will repay him for on the Day of Rising. No-one's wealth has ever benefited me as has Abu Bakr’s wealth.”

Al-Bazzar narrated that Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I came with my father Abu Quhafah to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said, ‘You should have left the shaykh until I could come to him.’ I said, ‘Rather it is more correct that he should come to you.’ He said, ‘We would rather be protective of him for the favors for which we are obliged to his son.’”