Asma’ reported God’s messenger as saying,
"Spend, do not calculate and so have God calculating against you, do not hoard and so have God hoarding from you, but give such small amounts as you can.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,
"If I had gold to the extent of Uhud I would not like to keep any of it more than three days, except what I put aside to pay a debt.”
Bukhari transmitted it.
He reported him as saying that two angels come down every morning and one says, "O God, give him who spends something in place of it;” the other says, “O God, give him who withholds destruction.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Abu Umama reported God’s messenger as saying,
"Son of Adam, to give away what you have extra is better for you and to withhold it is worse for you, but you are not blamed for having a sufficiency. Give first to those who…
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,
"The niggardly man and the one who gives alms are like two men wearing coats of iron with their hands pressed closely to their breasts and their collar-bones. As often as t…
Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying,
"Beware of oppression, for oppression (zulm) will produce excessive darkness (zulumat) on the day of resurrection; and beware of niggardliness, for niggardliness destroyed your p…