The people said to him...

The people said to him, “Since you possess so much wealth and riches, why don’t you give some of it as alms?” He replied: “I have a much longer life ahead of me.”[^8] Zakaat from Tha’labah Ansaari not Accepted Once, Tha’labah Ibn Haatib Ansaari approached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and beseeched: “O’ Prophet of God!

Pray to God that He grants me wealth and riches.” “Little wealth for which you are able to offer thanksgiving, is better than immense riches for which you are unable to offer thanksgiving,” the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) advised him. Tha’labah went away but approached the Holy Prophet for the second time, repeating his request. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “You shall not obey me. By God! If I wished that the mountains…