Setiap orang yang bergaul dengan Muhammad ﷺ mengakui beliau sebagai orang yang paling dermawan, dan telah masyhur bahawa beliau tidak pernah memakan sedikit pun daripada sedekah yang dikutipnya. Beliau ﷺ bahkan akan berkongsi harta yang diperolehinya dengan 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 ialah salah seorang ulama Yahudi terkemuka di Madinah.

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

Sebelum memutuskan untuk memeluk Islam, Zayd terfikir untuk menguji Nabi ﷺ dengan meminjamkan kepadanya lapan 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

grams emas) untuk tempoh yang ditetapkan. Beberapa hari sebelum tarikh bayaran tiba, Zayd dengan marah menarik jubah Rasulullah ﷺ di hadapan semua sahabat terkemuka, lalu berkata, "Wahai Muhammad, mengapa engkau tidak membayar apa yang sudah tertunggak? Demi Allah, aku mengenali keluargamu dengan baik! Kamu semua terkenal kerana melengahkan hutang!" Nabi ﷺ berkata kepada 'Umar yang marah dan mengancam hendak membunuh Zayd kerana kurang ajarnya itu, "Wahai 'Umar, kita tidak memerlukan ini... Pergilah bersamanya, langsaikan hutangnya, dan berikan kepadanya dua puluh ṣā‘ (32 kilogram) kurma tambahan kerana engkau telah menakutkannya." Jawapan itulah yang meyakinkan Zayd b. Su‘nah untuk memeluk Islam. Dia menjelaskan kepada 'Umar, "Tidak ada satu pun tanda kenabian kecuali aku telah mengenalinya apabila aku memandang wajah Muhammad ﷺ, kecuali dua tanda yang belum aku lihat daripadanya: bahawa sifat sabarnya mengatasi kemarahannya, dan bahawa cacian yang keras hanya menambah kesabarannya. Kini aku telah membuktikan kedua-duanya, maka ketahuilah, wahai 'Umar, bahawa aku menerima Allah sebagai Tuhanku, Islam sebagai agamaku, Muhammad ﷺ sebagai Nabiku, dan bahawa separuh hartaku—kerana aku memiliki harta yang banyak—adalah sedekah untuk umat Muhammad ﷺ 107". Dalam kesempatan lain, Anas melaporkan, "Aku sedang berjalan bersama Rasulullah ﷺ, dan baginda memakai jubah Najrani yang berkolar kasar. Seorang lelaki Badwi mengejarnya, lalu menarik jubahnya dengan kasar sehingga jubah itu koyak dan kolarnya tergantung di leher Rasulullah ﷺ. Aku memandang leher Rasulullah ﷺ, dan kolar jubah itu telah meninggalkan kesan akibat betapa kasarnya dia merentapnya."

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 untuk memberiku dari harta Allah yang ada padamu!" Rasulullah ﷺ pun menoleh kepadanya, tersenyum, lalu memerintahkan agar diberikan sesuatu kepadanya.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 bahawa beliau pernah solat Asar bersama Nabi ﷺ, selepas itu baginda ﷺ segera bangun dan masuk ke bilik kediamannya. Kemudian, baginda keluar semula dan mendapati wajah-wajah orang ramai menunjukkan kehairanan kerana kegopohannya itu.

‘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, baginda ﷺ bersabda, "Aku teringat ketika sedang solat bahawa kita masih ada sedikit emas, dan aku tidak suka jika malam berlalu sedangkan emas itu masih ada, lalu aku memerintahkan agar ia diagihkan."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 yang serupa, ‘Āishah meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah ﷺ pernah menyerahkan kepadanya tujuh atau sembilan dinar emas sekitar masa sakit beliau yang terakhir. Dia berkata bahawa walaupun Baginda sedang menanggung kesakitan yang amat sangat, Baginda terus bertanya kepadanya untuk memastikan bahawa emas itu telah disedekahkan, dan setiap kali dia menjelaskan bahawa dia tidak sempat berbuat demikian kerana sibuk menjaga Baginda. Akhirnya Baginda berkata dengan tegas, “Berikan kepadaku,” dan setelah emas itu berada di tangan Baginda, Baginda ﷺ bersabda, “Apakah yang patut dijangka oleh Muhammad jika dia berani menemui Allah sambil masih memegang 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