A man came to Ahmad ibn Hanbal with 10,000 [deenaars] of profit from his trade, and he refused [to take] it.
Category: Wealth & Poverty
Inform your family of poverty
What is your profession?
Discrete and humble
Daawood ibn Abi Hind رحمه الله [voluntarily] fasted for forty years, and his family were not aware of it.
The precious value of time
I came across groups of people, and one from [among] them [all] was more stingy about [how he spent] his time than he was with his money.
Defence of the Sunnah
Defence of the Sunnah is better than jihaad in the Path of Allaah.
Never turning away a seeker of charity
I came across communities who would encourage their families never to turn away [empty handed] a seeker [of charity].
It is now my responsibility
What is the matter with you (what makes you cry)?
Giving that which you love in charity
A man came asking [for charity] at the door of ar-Rabee' ibn Khuthaym رحمه الله. So he (ar-Rabee') said [to his family]:
'Feed this man with sugar.' So his family said
Giving with one's own hands
I saw 'Ali ibn al-Hussayn رحمه الله give [charity] to the poor and needy with his own hands.
A secretive man
Ibraaheem ibn Ad.ham رحمه الله was a secretive man; and I never saw him openly glorifying Allaah, nor [openly doing] any acts of charity.