Foreword

Abu Dharr al-Ghifari relates that he came to the Prophet, who was sitting in the shade of the Ka’bah. When he saw me he said, ‘They stand to lose.’ I said, ‘May my parents ransom you. To whom do you refer?’ ‘To those with an excess of riches,’ he replied, ‘who just squander their wealth, heedless of the fact that they can be saved only if they spend generously for a good cause. And there are very few wealthy men of that ilk.’ HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM.