How are the owners of wealth and the rich distinguished?
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The questioner : What is the limit of the rich? What is meant by the rich?
The Shaykh : People know who is rich, rich. Do you not know the rich from the poor now?
The questioner : No, some say that whoever finds his sustenance is considered rich.
The questioner : No, the rich are the owners of wealth, meaning they are known, meaning they are called rich. And the rich in every place is according to his status. So the rich by nature is the one who has the sustenance of his day and night. The rich in the matter of zakah is the one who has the sustenance of his year. The rich in the matter of expenses is the one who can spend on those for whom expenses are obligatory. It differs.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: As for the prophets, they are not reckoned.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The prophets are not reckoned.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ... O Allah, reckon me with an easy reckoning.
The Shaykh : I do not know, I do not know about the authenticity of the hadith with this wording.
The questioner : Ibn ... mentioned it.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Ibn ... mentioned it.
The Shaykh : And what did he answer regarding it?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : I do not know, we must review it.
The Shaykh : People know who is rich, rich. Do you not know the rich from the poor now?
The questioner : No, some say that whoever finds his sustenance is considered rich.
The questioner : No, the rich are the owners of wealth, meaning they are known, meaning they are called rich. And the rich in every place is according to his status. So the rich by nature is the one who has the sustenance of his day and night. The rich in the matter of zakah is the one who has the sustenance of his year. The rich in the matter of expenses is the one who can spend on those for whom expenses are obligatory. It differs.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: As for the prophets, they are not reckoned.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The prophets are not reckoned.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ... O Allah, reckon me with an easy reckoning.
The Shaykh : I do not know, I do not know about the authenticity of the hadith with this wording.
The questioner : Ibn ... mentioned it.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Ibn ... mentioned it.
The Shaykh : And what did he answer regarding it?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : I do not know, we must review it.