The time of the Imam was not like the time of the Messenger.

The time of the Imam was not like the time of the Messenger. Those whom the Prophet tried to attract to Islam through his gifts were few. The recipients of his gifts whose names are recorded in books of history as far as I could determine do not amount to a hundred. It was possible to satisfy those people with what was less than the eighth of the Zakat or half of the fifty. The greed of the people did not grow at the time of the Holy Prophet as it grew during the time of the Caliphs.