Fazial Sadqat (Story No.8)

Fazial Sadqat (Story No.8).

Aban Uthamna Rahmatullah alaihe relates: Once a certain man made a plan to haras Abdullah bin Abbas Radhiallaho Anho and to bring him disrepute. He went to all the chieftains of the Quraish, telling them that Ibne Abbas Rahiallaho anho had invited them to a feast, on the following morning. The man went about, inviting people, on behalf of Ibne Abbas. Next day, a great many people gathered in the house of Ibne RAhiallaho Anho, who on learning the truth of matter, asked the people to be seated and arranged fruit form the market and invited them to partake of it. While Ibne Abbas sat with them and started to talk, a large number of cooks began to prepare food for the guests. They were still enjoying the fruit when the meals were ready and served before them. When everybody had taken his fill, Ibne Abbas Radhiallaho Anho asked his treasurer, Can we afford to arrange such feasts every day? When the treasurer said that he could, Ibnne Abbas said, all of you are cordially invited to have meals with me every morning. (Ithaaf)

The incident occurred in the times when the Sahabah Radhiallaho Anhum had conquests in rapid succession and the wealth of the world was in their possession. But the Sahabah Radhillaho Anhum spent so generously that they kept nothing with them. In the matter of money they were lke sieves,as it were , that cannot hold water. A Sahabi Radhiallaho Anho would  come to possess a large fortune, in consequence of a conquest, but then he would spend everything in his possession, and would not keep with himself a single Dirham for a meal .They were neither accustomed to hoard money, not to put by anything for their future needs. Hundreds of thousands of dirham’s, their share of booty, were spent within minutes.