ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Al-lazi jama'a maalaw wa'addadah
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
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Worldly life & wealth
104:2Ayah 19
2 ayahs in Al-Humaza are strongly about worldly life and wealth. This is one of them.
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who amasses read jama‘a or jamma‘a wealth and counts it over keeping count of it and stores it aside as a provision against the unforeseeable calamities of time.
Related Hadiths
"Whoever acquired wealth, then there is no Zakat on it until the Hawl has passed while it is in his possession."
There would be in the last phase of the time a caliph who would distribute wealth but would not count.
Aisha counted a number of indigents. AbuDawud said: The other version has: She counted a number of sadaqahs. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Give and do not calculate, so calculation will be made against you.
He who hoards is a sinner. It was said to Sa`id (b. al-Musayyib): You also hoard. Sa`id said: Ma`mar who narrated this hadith also hoarded.
"The importer is blessed with provision and the hoarder is cursed."
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