How do we reconcile the exhortation to have little attachment to this world with his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “It is better for you that you leave your heirs wealthy than that you leave them poor”?

Question:
How do I, or how do we, reconcile the biography of the Chosen One (peace and blessings be upon him), and the fact that he (peace and blessings be upon him) died and left nothing of this world except a mule, a shield, and some barley, as the Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, and the many hadiths that exhort turning away from this world and speak of the virtue of asceticism in it, because a person’s true wealth is what he prepares for himself in the Hereafter? How do we reconcile all of this with what was reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said to one of the Companions, or that he said to one of the Companions: “It is better for you that you leave your heirs wealthy than that you leave them poor,” or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said We hope for a complete explanation of this issue, and may Allah protect you.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, asceticism in this world does not mean that a person neglects the means and abandons lawful earnings. Rather, it means that a person avoids the forbidden and prohibited gains and restricts himself to what Allah the Exalted has made lawful. It is not the meaning of accumulating and developing wealth that a person hoards it with him. Rather, it means that a person spends from it, spending in the causes of good, and prepares for himself, and that the spending is in what benefits him and benefits the Muslims. And so was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he did not accumulate wealth, but rather he spent what came to him in the cause of Allah the Exalted, in calling to Allah, in jihad in the cause of Allah, and in instilling fear in Islam. This is the meaning of asceticism in this world to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) exorted, which is restricting oneself to what Allah has made lawful of earnings, staying away from what Allah the Exalted has forbidden, and spending in the cause of Allah the Exalted.
Spending in the cause of Allah includes a person spending on his children and leaving them enough money to suffice them after his death, especially if they are minors, for this is part of spending in the cause of Allah that a person brings upon himself. Yes.