al-Imām Aḥmad reported: Yazīd narrated to us; Abū al-Ashhab narrated to us; Saʿīd b. Ayman, the freedman of Kaʿb b. Sawwār, narrated to me; he said: “While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was speaking to his Companions, a man from the poor came and sat beside a man from the wealthy, and the latter seemed to draw his clothes away from him.
قال الامام أحمد حدثنا يزيد حدثنا أبو الاشهب حدثنا سعيد بن أيمن مولى كعب بن سور قال بينا رسول الله يحدث أصحابه اذ جاء رجل من الفقراء فجلس الى جنب رجل من الاغنياء فكأنه قبض من ثيابه عنه
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed [in expression] and said: “Did you fear, O so-and-so, that your wealth would pass contagiously to him, or that his poverty would pass contagiously to you?”
فقال رسول الله: "أخشيت يا فلان أن يغدو وغناك عليه أو يغدو فقره عليك
He said: “O Messenger of Allah, and is there any evil in wealth?”
قال يا رسول الله وشر الغنى
He said: “Yes; your wealth calls you to the Fire, and his poverty calls him to al-Jannah (ie: Paradise).”
قال نعم ان غناك يدعوك الى النار وان فقره يدعوه الى الجنة
He said: “Then what will save me from it?”
قال فما ينجينى منه
He said: “That you support him.”
قال تواسيه
He said: “Then I will do so.”
قال اذن افعل
The other said: “I have no desire in him.”
فقال الآخر لا أرب لى فيه
He said: “Then seek forgiveness and supplicate for your brother.”
قال فاستغفر وادع لأخيك"
Ibn al-Qayyim, ʿUddah al-Ṣābirīn wa Ḏakhīrah al-Shākirīn 1/203
ابن القيم، عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين ١/٢٠٣
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