Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 28311 — Reports on avarice

Al-Aswad bin Hilal says that a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "I fear that I will not be among those described by this verse of the Qur'an: 'And whoever is saved from the greed of his own soul' [Al-Hashr: 9], because I do not have the strength to spend things, only the strength to withhold them." Sayyiduna Abdullah said: "That is miserliness, and miserliness is the worst of things."