‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned what the people achieved of worldly pleasures when Allah granted them victory in their conquests, and what they accumulated of spoils. So he said that he had seen the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) twisting from hunger without finding anything with which to fill his stomach, not even bad dates.

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• Every Ummah has a trial, and the trial of my Ummah is wealth
• Wretched is the slave of the dinar! Wretched is the slave of the dirham! Wretched is the slave of Khamīsah! Wretched is the slave of velvet! If given, he is pleased, but if not, he is displeased. May he be wretched and may he relapse, and ...
• By Allah, the world is less worthy to Allah than this is to you
• I believe you heard that Abu ‘Ubaydah has returned from Bahrain with something