Setiap orang yang berinteraksi dengan Muhammad ﷺ mengakui beliau sebagai orang yang paling dermawan, dan sudah dikenal luas bahwa beliau tidak pernah memakan sedikit pun dari sedekah yang dikumpulkannya. Beliau ﷺ bahkan membagikan harta yang diperolehnya kepada musuh-musuhnya untuk membantu mereka mengatasi prasangka mereka.

Everyone who interacted with Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم recognized him as the most generous of people, and it was well known that he never consumed any of the charity he collected. He صلى الله عليه وسلم would even share the wealth he acquired with his enemies to help them overcome their prejudices.

Zayd b. Su‘nah adalah salah seorang ulama Yahudi terkemuka di Madinah.

Zayd b. Su‘nah  was one of the leading rabbis of Madinah.

Sesaat sebelum memutuskan untuk masuk Islam, Zayd berpikir untuk menguji Nabi ﷺ dengan meminjamkan kepadanya delapan puluh mithqāl (350

Shortly before deciding to become Muslim, Zayd thought of testing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم by lending him eighty mithqāl (350

...dengan emas) untuk jangka waktu tertentu. Beberapa hari sebelum waktu pelunasan tiba, Zayd dengan marah menarik jubah Rasulullah ﷺ di hadapan semua sahabat senior, lalu berkata, "Wahai Muhammad, mengapa engkau tidak membayar apa yang menjadi kewajibanmu? Demi Allah, aku mengenal keluargamu dengan baik! Kalian semua terkenal suka menunda pembayaran utang!" Nabi ﷺ berkata kepada 'Umar yang marah dan mengancam akan membunuh Zayd karena kelancangannya, "Wahai 'Umar, kita tidak membutuhkan hal ini... Pergilah bersamanya, lunasi utangnya, dan berikan kepadanya tambahan dua puluh ṣā' (32 kilogram) kurma karena engkau telah menakutinya." Tanggapan itulah yang meyakinkan Zayd bin Su'nah untuk memeluk Islam. Ia menjelaskan kepada 'Umar, "Tidak ada satu pun tanda kenabian kecuali telah kukenali ketika aku memandang wajah Muhammad ﷺ, kecuali dua tanda yang belum kulihat darinya: bahwa kesabarannya mengalahkan amarahnya, dan bahwa caci maki yang keras hanya menambah kelapangan dadanya. Kini aku telah membuktikan keduanya, maka ketahuilah, wahai 'Umar, bahwa aku menerima Allah sebagai Tuhanku, Islam sebagai agamaku, Muhammad ﷺ sebagai Nabiku, dan bahwa separuh hartaku—karena aku memiliki banyak harta—adalah sedekah bagi umat Muhammad ﷺ." Dalam kesempatan lain, Anas melaporkan, "Aku berjalan bersama Rasulullah ﷺ, dan beliau mengenakan jubah Najran dengan kerah yang kasar. Seorang Badui menyusul beliau, lalu menarik jubahnya dengan keras sehingga jubah itu robek dan kerahnya tergantung di leher Rasulullah ﷺ. Aku memandang leher Rasulullah ﷺ, dan kerah jubah itu telah meninggalkan bekas akibat tarikan yang sangat kasar."

grams of gold) for a fixed period. A few days before repayment was due, Zayd grabbed the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم angrily by his cloak, in front of all the senior Companions, and said, “O Muhammad, why are you not paying what is due? By Allah, I know your family well! You are all known for deferring your debts!” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to the infuriated ‘Umar  who threatened to kill Zayd for his insolence, “O ‘Umar, we do not need this… Go with him, pay off his loan, and give him twenty additional ṣā‘ (32 kilograms) of dates because you frightened him.” It was that response that convinced Zayd b. Su‘nah to embrace Islam. He explained to ‘Umar, “There was not a single sign of prophethood except that I recognized it upon looking at Muhammad’s face—except for two that I had not yet seen from him: that his tolerance overcomes his anger, and that intense abuse only increases him in forbearance. I have now verified these, so know, O ‘Umar, that I accept Allah as my Lord, Islam as my religion, Muhammad as my Prophet, and that half my wealth—for I have much wealth—is a donation for the nation of Muhammad 107 ”.صلى الله عليه وسلم On another occasion, Anas  reports, “I was walking with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, and he was wearing a Najrāni cloak with a rough collar. A Bedouin man caught up with him, then violently pulled him by his cloak, causing the cloak to tear, and leaving its collar hanging on the neck of Allah’s Messenger .صلى الله عليه وسلم I looked at the Messenger of Allah’s صلى الله عليه وسلم neck, and the cloak’s collar had left marks from how roughly he had snatched it.

Kemudian, katanya, "Wahai Muhammad, perintahkanlah mereka agar memberiku dari harta Allah yang ada padamu!" Rasulullah ﷺ menoleh kepadanya, tersenyum, lalu memerintahkan agar ia diberi sesuatu.108

Then, he said, ‘O Muhammad, instruct them to give me from Allah’s wealth that you hold!’ The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم turned to him, smiled, and then ordered that he be given something.”108

‘Uqbah ibn al-Ḥārith meriwayatkan bahwa ia pernah salat Asar bersama Nabi ﷺ, setelah itu Nabi ﷺ segera berdiri dan masuk ke kamarnya. Kemudian beliau ﷺ keluar kembali dan melihat adanya keheranan pada wajah orang-orang karena ketergesaannya.

‘Uqbah ibn al-Ḥārith  reports that he once offered the afternoon prayer with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, after which he صلى الله عليه وسلم quickly stood and entered his apartment. Then, he reemerged and noticed some wonderment on people’s faces due to his haste.

Untuk memperjelas, beliau ﷺ bersabda, "Aku teringat ketika sedang shalat bahwa kita masih memiliki sedikit emas, dan aku tidak suka jika malam tiba sementara emas itu masih ada pada kita, maka aku memerintahkan agar emas itu dibagikan."109

To clarify, he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “I remembered while I was praying that we had some gold remaining, and I disliked that our evening pass while we still have it, so I instructed that it be distributed.”109

Dalam kejadian serupa, ‘Āishah meriwayatkan bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ pernah menitipkan kepadanya tujuh atau sembilan keping emas menjelang sakit beliau yang terakhir. Ia berkata bahwa meskipun beliau sedang merasakan penderitaan yang hebat, beliau terus menanyakan kepadanya untuk memastikan bahwa emas itu sudah disedekahkan, dan setiap kali ia menjelaskan bahwa ia belum sempat melakukannya karena sibuk merawat beliau. Akhirnya beliau bersikeras, “Berikan kepadaku,” dan setelah emas itu berada di tangan beliau, beliau ﷺ bersabda, “Apa yang akan dihadapi Muhammad seandainya ia berani menemui Allah sementara masih menyimpan ini?”110

In a similar incident, ‘Āishah  narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had entrusted her with seven or nine gold coins around the time of his final illness. She says that despite the severe agony he was experiencing, he kept asking her to confirm that it had been given away in charity, and each time she would explain that she could not due to being preoccupied with caring for him. Finally, he insisted, “Give it to me,” and upon receiving the gold in his hands, he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “What should Muhammad expect if he were to dare meet Allah while still holding onto these?”110