Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11003 — Reports on hoarded wealth

Al-Ahnaf bin Qays said: I was sitting in a mosque in Madinah when a man approached; no circle saw him except that they fled from him, until he reached the circle I was in. I stood firm while they fled. I said: "Who are you?" He said: "Abu Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." I said: "Why do the people flee from you?" He said: "Because I forbid them from hoarding treasures." I said: "Our stipends have reached (a great amount) and increased; do you fear for us because of them?" He said: "As for today, no; but they are about to become the price of your religion, so leave them (the rulers) with it."