Is the trial of wealth greater than the trial of poverty?
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Question:
In the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2602Sahih (Darussalam), and Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that the trial of wealth is greater than the trial of hardship, meaning: the trial of poverty?
Answer:
[al-Taghabun:15].
Q: Is it taken from this that the majority of the people of obedience and the people of righteousness are to be found among the poor, and that there are some among the rich?
A: This is the general rule, just as it was with the Companions.
In the hadith:
I looked into Paradise and I saw that the most of its people were the poor
اطَّلعتُ في الجنة فرأيتُ أكثر أهلها الفقراءAnswer:
your properties and your children are but a trial
إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌQ: Is it taken from this that the majority of the people of obedience and the people of righteousness are to be found among the poor, and that there are some among the rich?
A: This is the general rule, just as it was with the Companions.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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