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2462. Al-Mustawrad bin Makhramah narrated that 'Āmir bin 'Awf informed him – and he was an ally of Banū 'Amr bin Lu'ay who had participated with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ at (the
battle of) Badr, he said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had dispatched Abū 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāh, so he arrived with the wealth from Al-Bahrain. When the Anṣār had heard of the arrival of Abū 'Ubaidah they were attending Ṣalāt Al-Fajr. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ performed the Ṣalāt and when he finished, they assembled before him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ smiled when he saw them, then he said: 'I think that you heard that Abū 'Ubaidah has arrived with something?' They said: 'Yes O Messenger of Allāh!' He said: 'Then receive good news, and hope for what will please you. By Allāh! It is not poverty that I fear for you, but what I fear for you is that the world will be presented for you just as it was presented for those before you, then you will compete for it, just as they competed for it, and it will destroy you, just as it destroyed them.'"
(Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is [Hasan] Sahīh.
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[1] This part preceded under no. 2377.
Commentary
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ knew from the history of the past nations as to how, when they came to possess the affluence of wealth and all the fineries of the world, they grew greedier and greedier after worldly possessions and wealth. They, in fact, got so infatuated by the pleasures of the world that they completely forgot the very purpose of their creation and existence on earth. This gave rise to mutual bickering and rivalry, and even ignited open enmity among the people, which led to their final doom and destruction. That was the reason why the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ feared as a loving master, that the same might happen to his own people as well, and he warned them against it.
