The Hadīth: "The Son Of Ādam Says: 'My Wealth, My Wealth'"
Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2342 · Volume 5 · Page 342
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2342. Mutarrif narrated from his father, that he met up with the Prophet ﷺ while he was saying: "The mutual increase diverts you.”[1] He ﷺ said: “The son Ādam says: ‘My wealth, my wealth, but is there something for you from your wealth besides what you give in charity that remains, or you eat which perishes, or what you wear that grows worn?’” (Saḥīh) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh.
٢٣٤٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، «أَنَّهُ انْتَهَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: {أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ}. قَالَ: يَقُولُ ابْنُ آدَمَ: مَالِي مَالِي، وَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ إِلَّا مَا تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ، أَوْ أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ، أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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The Hadīth confirms that the actual wealth of a person, from all his earning and amassing that he can call his, is the part of it that he has spent on himself in the world, or stored with Allāh by giving it in charity. Anything else is not really his, but they belong to his heir's, since he will one day leave it for them.