Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37100 — Reports from our Prophet

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, while he was on the pulpit: "What I fear most for you is what Allah Almighty will bring forth of the plants of the earth or of the splendour of this life." At this a man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Does good also bring evil?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, until we thought that revelation was descending upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), and sweat and trembling appeared on him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where is the questioner?" He meant nothing but good. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, good brings only good, but this world is green and sweet. Everything that the spring grows kills through bloating or nearly kills, except the animal that eats green fodder: it eats until, when its two flanks are full, it faces the sun, passes dung, then urinates, then moves on and chews the cud. Whoever takes wealth by its right is blessed in it, and whoever takes wealth without its right is like the one who eats but is not satisfied."