´It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “The wealthiest will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection, except those who do such and such with their money, and earn it from good sources.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
Generosity can benefit only that person whose earnings are lawful (halal); therefore, it is extremely necessary to avoid unlawful (haram) earnings.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4130
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
By narrating through the chain of Zayd ibn Wahb, Imam al-Bukhari has established that Abdul Aziz heard directly from Zayd ibn Wahb, thereby removing any suspicion of tadlis (concealment in transmission).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6443
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) informed his noble companions (radi Allahu anhum) that only those people will be able to cross the difficult passes of the Hereafter who remain light and unburdened in this world, and those who load themselves with more burdens in the world will not be able to cross those passes easily. For this reason, most of the companions preferred a life of poverty and scarcity for themselves. Thus, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“The poor Emigrants (Muhajirun) will enter Paradise forty years before the wealthy.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Zuhd, Hadith: 7463 (2979))
Hazrat Mahmood bin Labeed (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“There are two things which the son of Adam dislikes:
A person dislikes death, even though death is better for a believer than tribulation, and he dislikes having little wealth, even though having little wealth means less reckoning.”
(Musnad Ahmad: 5/427)
(2)
The intent of Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) with this chapter heading appears to be that those who are wealthier in this world will be all the more destitute on the Day of Resurrection, because instead of using their wealth to build their Hereafter, they spent it on their adornment and luxury. Therefore, on the Day of Resurrection, they will be the embodiment of the following verse:
“You have exhausted your share of good things in your worldly life and you enjoyed them, so today you will be recompensed with a humiliating punishment.”
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This is why, generally, those who disobey Allah Ta’ala appear more prosperous in worldly terms.
And Allah is the One whose help is sought.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6443
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: (1)
The wealthy should spend their surplus wealth in all kinds of good deeds if they wish to attain high ranks on the Day of Resurrection. However, if they do not spend their wealth generously at all times and on every occasion, according to their ability, for charitable causes and for the betterment and interests of Islam and the Muslims, then they will be deprived of the highest ranks.
(2)
The essential characteristic and special distinction of tawhid (monotheism) is that if a person fulfills its right properly, he will go straight to Paradise. But if there is any deficiency or shortcoming in fulfilling its rights, then there will be an obstacle to the manifestation of this characteristic and distinction, and until this obstacle is removed, he will have to remain in Hellfire, and ultimately, he will attain salvation from Hellfire.
(3)
Theft and adultery are extremely heinous crimes, which are assaults on the wealth and honor and dignity of others. That is why the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked Jibril (alayhis salam) in a tone of amazement: Will the one who commits theft and adultery also enter Paradise? Jibril replied: Such a person will also not be deprived of Paradise. Rather, even one who commits the greater crime of drinking alcohol, if he is a monotheist (muwaḥḥid), will not be deprived of Paradise. Even though a drunkard is devoid of all forms of modesty and shame, and no kind of good can be expected from him.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2305
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This phrase "I sacrifice myself for you" or "I am devoted to you" is not an ordinary phrase; after the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it should only be used in contexts where there is happiness in this world and the Hereafter.
For example, a righteous mother, father, or firmly grounded, divinely guided scholars who are true teachers and callers to the religion in its correct sense.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5226