Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (6/310)

and your wealth. Just show me the marketplace.’

The blessing of the Messenger of Allah’s supplication, peace and blessings be upon him, soon became evident: the fortune of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān grew to the point that—according to al-Zuhrī—he gave four hundred thousand dinars in charity, equipped five hundred horses in the path of Allah, and likewise furnished five hundred camels.

He said, ‘The bulk of his wealth came from trade.’

Muhammad ibn Sīrīn said, ‘When the wives of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf divided their joint one-eighth share, it amounted to three hundred and twenty thousand.’

Al-Zuhrī added, ‘ʿAbd al-Raḥmān made a bequest to everyone who had fought at Badr. They found one hundred such men, and he allotted four hundred dinars to each of them.’

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar said:

وَمَالِكَ. دُلَّنِي عَلَى السُّوقِ» فَظَهَرَتْ بَرَكَةُ دَعْوَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَبَلَغَ مِنْ مَالِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا قَالَهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَنَّهُ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَرْبَعِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ، وَحَمَلَ عَلَى خَمْسِمِائَةِ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَخَمْسِمِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ عَامَّةُ مَالِهِ مِنَ التِّجَارَةِ. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ: اقْتَسَمَ نِسَاءُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ثُمُنَهُنَّ فَكَانَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا. وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: أَوْصَى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، فَوَجَدُوا مِائَةً، لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ. وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: