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Distribution of Wealth

Distribution of Wealth

The Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw prophesied:

 

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ فِيكُمُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حَكَمًا مُقْسِطًا، فَيَكْسِرَ الصَّلِيبَ، وَيَقْتُلَ الْخِنْزِيرَ، وَيَضَعَ الْجِزْيَةَ، وَيَفِيضَ الْمَالُ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْبَلَهُ أَحَدٌ ‏”‏‏.‏

 

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 43, Hadith #656)

 

The next sign of this hadith which will be discussed is the abundance of wealth that nobody would accept it. Now this is another sign in the same prophecy of the Holy Prophetsaw. It would not make sense for one to take the whole hadith as metaphorical, and only take one sign literally. The true wealth this hadith is referring to are the books of the Promised Messiahas. He wrote over 80 beautiful books in the defence of Islam which are not accepted by majority of the Muslim world, although it is exactly what they are in need of.

 

It is clear that the signs of breaking of the cross, and killing of the swine are not to be taken literally. In the same way the wealth here mentioned is not to be taken literally either as no one rejects materialistic wealth.

 

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas states in regards to one of his prophecy which can be found in Tadhkirah Page 241:

 

” This refers to the treasures of wisdom and verities, because the heavenly treasures that are bestowed upon the special servants of God Almighty, which they distribute to the world, are not the worldly riches, but consist entirely of wisdom and verities, as Allah the Almighty says:

 

يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ۗ (2:270)

 

Khair means wealth and in fact pure wealth is the wisdom that has been referred to in the hadith This is the wealth which is a Sign among the signs of the Promised Messiah” (Izala-e-Auham, Pages 632-635, Ruhani Khazain, Volume 3, Pages 441-443)

According to many verses of the Holy Qur’an, like chapter 2 Verse 281, ‘khair’ refers to wealth. True wealth is wisdom according to the Qur’an and this is what the Prophets bring. According to the scholars like Tabari and Imam al-Raghib, ‘khair’ in chapter 2 verse 281 refers to wealth.

As for the Qur’an, Allah Makes it clear that man will always be greedy in terms of wealth and the worldly gains. Allah States:

وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

And surely, he is very keen for the love of wealth. (Chapter 100 Verse 9)

An allegation which the non Ahmadi Muslims quote in regards to this hadith. They claim that the hadith uses the words nodody will accept it and therefore means no one in the entire world accepted Ruhani Khazain. This simply shows their confusion on the Arabic word أَحَدٌ

 

and how it is used in the ahadith of the Holy Prophetsaw. The Holy Prophetsawstates:

 

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ مَا أَحَدٌ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُ مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ شَىْءٍ، إِلاَّ الشَّهِيدُ، يَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيُقْتَلَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ، لِمَا يَرَى مِنَ الْكَرَامَةِ ‏”‏‏.‏

 

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the earth, except a Mujahid who wishes to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives (from Allah).”(Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Hadith #72)

 

This hadith alone goes against everything the non Ahmadi Muslims try to say in regards to this word. In this hadith the exact same word is  used but the Holy Prophetsaw has also used the words “except a Mujahid” showing us that the word  أَحَدٌ   can exclude people as well. Another example is of a hadith where the Holy Prophetsaw states:

 

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لاَ يَحْلُبَنَّ أَحَدٌ مَاشِيَةَ أَحَدٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْتَى مَشْرَبَتُهُ فَتُكْسَرَ خِزَانَتُهُ فَيُنْتَثَلَ طَعَامُهُ فَإِنَّمَا تَخْزُنُ لَهُمْ ضُرُوعُ مَوَاشِيهِمْ أَطْعِمَتَهُمْ فَلاَ يَحْلُبَنَّ أَحَدٌ مَاشِيَةَ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

 

‘Abd Allah bin Umar reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “One should not milk the cattle of anyone without his permission. Does anyone of you like that any one approaches his corn cell and its storage is broken and then the corn scatters away? Likewise, the teats of their Cattle store their food. Therefore none of you should milk the cattle of anyone without his permission.”(Sunan Abi Dawud, #2623)

 

According to their logic, this means that no one is allowed to milk a cattle of anyone unless he has permission. However, this “no one” excludes a entire group of people. The Holy Prophetsaw stated:

 

حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الرَّقَّامُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى مَاشِيَةٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا صَاحِبُهَا فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنْهُ فَإِنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ فَلْيَحْلِبْ وَلْيَشْرَبْ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا فَلْيُصَوِّتْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنْ أَجَابَهُ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنْهُ وَإِلاَّ فَلْيَحْتَلِبْ وَلْيَشْرَبْ وَلاَ يَحْمِلْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

 

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you comes to the cattle, he should seek permission of their master if he is there; if he permits, he should milk (the animals) and drink. If he is not there, he should call three times. If he responds, he should seek his permission; otherwise, he may milk (the animals) and drink, but should not carry (with him).(Sunan Abi Dawud #2619)

 

In the same way the hadith of the wealth not being accepted refers a group of the people who have not accepted the Messiah. The argument they have made in regards to this word has no basis of referring to everyone. It can refer to everyone as well, but at the same time it does not have to. Furthermore, this hadith was a vision and should not be taken literally.