وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
W jama'a fa aw'aa
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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70:18Ayah 144
2 ayahs in Al-Ma'aarij are strongly about worldly life and wealth. This is one of them.
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and amassed wealth then hoarded keeping it in containers and refraining from paying from it what is God’s due.
Related Hadiths
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.
"Whoever acquired wealth, then there is no Zakat on it until the Hawl has passed while it is in his possession."
From Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab, from Ma'mar bin 'Abdullah bin Nadlah who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'Hoarding is nothing but sin.' So I (Muhammad) said to Sa'eed: "O Abu Muhammad! You hoard?" He said: "And Ma'mar would hoard."
It is also been reported that Sa'eed bin Musayyab would hoard oil, (camel) fodder, and the like.
There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, 'Ali, Abu Umamah, and Ibn 'Umar. The Hadith of Ma'mar is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge, they dislike hoarding food, and some of them make a concession for hoarding things other than food. Ibn Al-Mubarak said: "There is no harm in hoarding cotton, goat pelts and like."
No one hoards but the sinner.
"No one hoards but a sinner."'
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