Hadiths About Being Poor And Being Rich

What are hadiths about being poor and being rich? Examples of hadiths about being poor and being rich...

According to Muʿadh b. ʿAbd Allah b. Hubayb, his father related the following from his uncle (Yasar b. ʿAbd al-Hayy) (ra): “We were sitting in a gathering, and the Prophet (saw) arrived with traces of water on his head. Some of us said to him, ‘We see that you are of good cheer today.’ He said, ‘Yes, praise be to Allah.’ Then he spoke to the people about being rich. He said, ‘There is nothing wrong with being rich for one who is pious, but good health for one who is pious is better than riches, and being of good cheer is a blessing.’” (Ibn Maja, al-Tijarat, 1; al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, al-Mustadrak, III, 807 [2/3])

Musʿab b. Saʿd (b. Abi Waqqas) (ra) relates the following: “Saʿd thought that he was superior to those were beneath him in rank. On that the Prophet (saw) said, ‘Don’t you gain any victory or livelihood except through the poor among you?’” (al-Bukhari, al-Jihad, 76)

Ibn Masʿud (ra) heard the Prophet (saw) say, “One should be envious of only two: The man to whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way and the man to whom Allah has given wisdom (religious knowledge) and he gives his decisions accordingly and teaches it to others.” (al-Bukhari, al-Zakat, 5; Muslim, al-Musafirin, 268)

ʿAʾisha (ra) said, “The Prophet (saw) used to say, ‘O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the torture and torment of hell, from the torture and torment of the grave, from the evil of the torture of wealth and from the evil of the torture of poverty...’”
(al-Bukhari, al-Daʿawat, 46)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Wealth does not mean having an abundance of property, rather it is self-contentment.” (al-Bukhari, al-Riqaq, 15)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths