His coat of mail was left as collateral with a Jew for some barley he had purchased for his family.

Had this world been beloved to Allah, He would not have denied it to His Prophet ﷺ. Indeed, “the world is cursed; everything in it is cursed except the remembrance of Allah, whatever accords with it, and a scholar and a student”—that is, whatever falls under obedience to Allah.

Abu Dharr also related that “those who accumulate much will be the ones who possess little on the Day of Resurrection,” meaning that those who amass worldly wealth will arrive on the Day of Judgment with few righteous deeds. In most cases, abundant riches breed self-sufficiency, arrogance, and a turning away from Allah’s obedience, for the life of this world distracts a person. Thus he is rich here but poor in the next life—except for the one who handles his wealth “like this, like this, and like this,” namely, by spending it in the path of Allah.

Another report from Abu Dharr states: “Whoever dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise, even if he committed adultery and theft.” This in no way suggests that adultery and theft are trivial; they are grave offences. That is why Abu Dharr was astonished and asked, “Even if he committed adultery and theft?” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “Even if he committed adultery and theft.”

The reason is that whoever dies upon faith while burdened with major sins is still under Allah’s will, for He says: “Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills” (al-Nisa…).