What is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “And the people of wealth are detained”?
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The questioner : The poor are detained from the rich for forty years.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : The people of wealth are detained in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, the people of wealth means the rich,
The questioner : Richness in the Shari'ah, not in custom.
The Shaykh : Not in custom, meaning the rich are detained; the poor enter it before the rich by forty years. This is based on a difference in the narrations.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : The people of wealth are detained in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
And the people of wealth are detained
وأصحاب الجد محبوسونThe Shaykh : Yes, yes, the people of wealth means the rich,
The questioner : Richness in the Shari'ah, not in custom.
The Shaykh : Not in custom, meaning the rich are detained; the poor enter it before the rich by forty years. This is based on a difference in the narrations.