gave birth to more goats, and in no time, ThaꜤlabah found an astonishing amount of goats in his possession.

Yet, love of money took hold of him. ThaꜤlabah would offer all his salah in congregation, but now he had many goats to attend to. This resulted in him initially missing his evening salah in congregation and not attending the masjid. His number of goats increased further, resulting in him missing the salah offered during the day, and only performing JumuꜤah.

The number of goats increased again, and the place he kept all the animals was not large enough to accommodate them. He then purchased a place out of the city and took the animals with him. Now he started abandoning JumuꜤah salah and the funeral prayer when he heard of someone’s death.

After some time, command was issued for zakat to be given. The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم instructed one of his Companions to collect zakat from ThaꜤlabah. Alas, the same ThaꜤlabah who swore to fulfil the rights of the wealth that Allah gave him, refused giving zakat and said, “This is just a tax.”

The following verse was then revealed:

وَ مِنۡہُمۡ مَّنۡ عٰہَدَ اللّٰہَ  لَئِنۡ اٰتٰىنَا مِنۡ فَضۡلِہٖ  لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَ لَنَکُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ (۷۵)

فَلَمَّاۤ  اٰتٰہُمۡ مِّنۡ  فَضۡلِہٖ بَخِلُوۡا بِہٖ وَ تَوَلَّوۡا وَّ ہُمۡ  مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ (۷۶)

 “And amongst them are those who made a covenant with Allah; that 'If He will provide us from His Bounty; so, we will definitely give charity and definitely become good people.' So, when Allah granted to them from His Bounty, they started acting miserly with it and turned away while turning their faces.”^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers! This is what the love of wealth leads to. ThaꜤlabah was warned by the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم continuously about