1.8 His Spending His Wealth On The Messenger Of Allah And That He Was The Most Generous Of The Companions
Allah, exalted is He, says, And he will be averted from it (the Fire)
who has the most fearful obedience, the one who gives his wealth purifying himself (Qur’an 92: 17-21) to the end of the surah.
Ihn al-Jawzi said: They agree unanimously that this was revealed about Abu Bakr.
Ahmad narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘No wealth ever benefited me as did the wealth of Abu Bakr.’ Abu Bakr wept and said, ‘Are I and my wealth for any but you, Messenger of Allah?’ Abu Yacla narrated that cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated the like of it as a marfuc hadith. Ibn Kathir said: And it is narrated in hadith of cAli, Ibn cAbbas, Anas, Jabir ibn cAbdullah and Abu Sacid al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with all of them.
Al-Khateeb narrated it from Sacid ibn al-Musayyab as a mursal hadith and added, ‘And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless and grant peace to him and his family, used to make use of the wealth of Abu Bakr as he did of his own wealth.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated by various routes that cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, and cUrwah ibn az-Zubayr said: Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, accepted Islam on the day that he did and he had forty thousand dinars (and in a wording - forty t housand dirhams) and he spent them on the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.