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2427. Anas narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The son of Ādam will be brought on the Day of Judgement as if he is a goat kid to be stood before Allāh, Most High. Allāh will say to him: 'I gave to you, I granted you, and I bestowed favors upon you. So what did you do?' So he says: 'I collected it, increased it, and left it as more than what it was. So return me and I shall give it all to You.' So He will say to him: 'Show me what you have prepared.' So he says: 'My Lord! I collected it, increased it, and left it as more than it was, so return me and I shall give it all to You.' So when the servant does not present any good he will be entered into the
Fire.” (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: More than one narrator reported this from Al-Ḥasan as his saying. And they did not rely upon Ismā'īl bin Muslim who was graded weak in Hadīth [due to his memory].
There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah and Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī.
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[1] Al-Inshiqāq (84:7,8).
Commentary
On questioning, the man will say to Allāh: “Return me to the world and I will come back having spent all that I have in your path”. This will be a patent falsehood, since even if he is sent back (with a clean slate of memory) he will again tread the path he had trodden before. As such his request to be sent back will be rejected. Instead, he will be thrown into the Fire. Thus, the rich of the world have still the chance to spend their wealth in the path of Allāh in order to secure a better life in the next world.
