The Fitnah (trial and affliction) of wealth should be warded off.
Darussalam · Volume 8
81 - THE BOOK OF AR-RIQĀQSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 6438 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 93
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6438. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd: I heard Ibn Az-Zubair رضي الله عنهما who was on the pulpit at Makkah, delivering a Khutba, saying, "O men! The Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'If the son of Ādam were given a valley of gold, he would love to have a second one; and if he were given the second one, he would love to have a third, for nothing fills the belly of Ādam's son except dust. And Allāh forgives him who (repents to Him and) begs for His pardon.'"
6438 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الغَسِيلِ، عَنْ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَلَى المِنْبَرِ بِمَكَّةَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ، يَقُولُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «لَوْ أَنَّ ابْنَ آدَمَ أُعْطِيَ وَادِيًا مَلْئًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ ثَانِيًا، وَلَوْ أُعْطِيَ ثَانِيًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ ثَالِثًا، وَلاَ يَسُدُّ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ، وَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ»
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(1) (H. 6436) (H. 6437): This expression is a metonymy meaning, man continues to love wealth till he dies, for then he will no longer think of collecting wealth.