(Tirmizi, vol. 4, p. 166, Hadith 2383) A person of wealth, i.e. Dirham and Dinar, has been cursed. (Tirmizi, vol. 4, p. 166, Hadith 2382) He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also stated: A person may become old, but his greed for wealth and hopes for a long life become younger. (Muslim, p. 521, Hadith 115 (1047))

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A greedy person’s god

O devotees of the Prophet! No doubt, greed is an extremely bad affliction. Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: The person with whom the greedy person has hope of benefit, it is as if he becomes his (i.e. the greedy person’s) god. Then he tries everything to befriend him, to become his beloved and to reach him. The least level of this is that he flatters him with insincere praise, and he abstains from ‘اَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوْف’ and ‘نَہْیٌ عَنِ الْمُنْکَر’ (i.e. commanding good and forbidding evil) and commits Mudahanat (i.e. conceals the truth) in front of him. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, p. 102)

The splendour of greed

Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen, Sayyiduna Ali Al-Murtada رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states: The intellect often takes a hit upon seeing the splendours of greed. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ also states: Even alcohol does not damage the intellect of men like greed does. (Al-Mustatraf fi Kul fan Mustazarf, to the end,,, p. 112)

The misfortune of having greed for wealth

Dear Islamic brothers! Certainly, the intellect takes a hit upon seeing the splendours of greed, and like this, the greedy person succumbs to greed, becomes disobedient to Allah Almighty and does not hesitate to oppose the righteous people of Allah Almighty; he becomes greedy and loses his Iman, destroys his Hereafter and is humiliated in the world too.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد