How is it reconciled that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq is the first to enter Paradise while he was wealthy, with the poor entering before the wealthy?
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The questioner : Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Abu Bakr al-Siddiq is not known to have been among the poor, and we said that the poor who enter before the wealthy are the poor, so he enters as the first one from the Ummah, so how does he enter as the first one from the Ummah ... ?
The Shaykh : Yes, when the turn of the wealthy comes, he is the first of the wealthy, although we cannot say that Abu Bakr was wealthy, for when death approached him, he had nothing on him but a garment.
The questioner : Did it not become famous... .
The Shaykh : It did not become famous that he was the poorest of people, but he was poor, considered poor. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is correct, wealth and poverty differ.
On one day, for example, the one who owns fifty riyals is considered wealthy, and for this we find some jurists, may Allah have mercy on them, like al-Khiraqi, who said: "Whoever owns fifty dirhams is not poor". Fifty dirhams now, what is that? Yes? Fifty Islamic dirhams are nothing. The point is that it differs, even among us now, people used to say: So-and-so has a thousand riyals, oh Allah, a thousand riyals?! Where did he get this? Yes, meaning we experienced it. How is it now, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Is the criterion what one dies with?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is the criterion what one dies with?
The Shaykh : The criterion is what, the criterion is in his time, meaning one may be poor in this time but wealthy in a past time.
The questioner : I mean the criterion is what one dies with, meaning if he was poor in his youth.
The Shaykh : Yes, it appears that the criterion is what one dies with, like deeds, meaning we treat conditions like deeds.
The student : May Allah reward you ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, and for this it was mentioned in some hadiths that the poor Muhajireen were mentioned.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this hadith is denounced, Imam Ahmad denounced it, may Allah have mercy on him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Abu Bakr al-Siddiq is not known to have been among the poor, and we said that the poor who enter before the wealthy are the poor, so he enters as the first one from the Ummah, so how does he enter as the first one from the Ummah ... ?
The Shaykh : Yes, when the turn of the wealthy comes, he is the first of the wealthy, although we cannot say that Abu Bakr was wealthy, for when death approached him, he had nothing on him but a garment.
The questioner : Did it not become famous... .
The Shaykh : It did not become famous that he was the poorest of people, but he was poor, considered poor. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is correct, wealth and poverty differ.
On one day, for example, the one who owns fifty riyals is considered wealthy, and for this we find some jurists, may Allah have mercy on them, like al-Khiraqi, who said: "Whoever owns fifty dirhams is not poor". Fifty dirhams now, what is that? Yes? Fifty Islamic dirhams are nothing. The point is that it differs, even among us now, people used to say: So-and-so has a thousand riyals, oh Allah, a thousand riyals?! Where did he get this? Yes, meaning we experienced it. How is it now, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Is the criterion what one dies with?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is the criterion what one dies with?
The Shaykh : The criterion is what, the criterion is in his time, meaning one may be poor in this time but wealthy in a past time.
The questioner : I mean the criterion is what one dies with, meaning if he was poor in his youth.
The Shaykh : Yes, it appears that the criterion is what one dies with, like deeds, meaning we treat conditions like deeds.
The student : May Allah reward you ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, and for this it was mentioned in some hadiths that the poor Muhajireen were mentioned.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this hadith is denounced, Imam Ahmad denounced it, may Allah have mercy on him. Yes.