Abdul Rahman ibn Awf had one hundred horses...

Abdul Rahman ibn Awf had one hundred horses, one thousand camels and ten thousand sheep. After his death, quarter of his wealth which was divided among his wives came to eighty four thousand Dinars.[^4] Uthman ibn Affan left on the day of his death one hundred and fifty thousand Dinars apart from an enormous wealth of land, cattle and villages. Zayd ibn Thabit left an amount of gold and silver that had to be broken by hammers!

Apart from money and agricultural holdings which came to one hundred thousand Dinars.[^5] These were just a few historical examples. Since we do not want to go into detailed analysis of their importance at the moment, we only mentions them as a proof and support of the sayings, that they (these companions) were more interested in the present life.

[^1]: Sahih, Bukhari, vol 4 p 94-99, 156, vol 3 p 32; Sahih, Muslim, vol 7 p 66 [^2]: Muruj al Dhahab, al Masudi, vol 2 p 341 [^3]: Muruj al Dhahab, al Masudi, vol 2 p 341 [^4]: Muruj al Dhahab, al Masudi, vol 2 p 341 [^5]: Muruj al Dhahab, al Masudi, vol 2 p 341 Previous…