Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (RA): Once the Prophet Mohammad (SAW) sat on a pulpit and we sat around him.
Then he said: "The things I am afraid of most for your sake (concerning what will befall you after me) is the pleasures and splendours of the world and its beauties which will be disclosed to you."
Somebody said: "O Allah's Messenger, can the good bring forth evil?"
The Prophet Mohammad (SAW) remained silent for a while.
It was said to that person, "What is wrong with you? You are talking to the Prophet (SAW) while he is not talking to you."
Then we noticed that he was being inspired.
Then the Prophet (SAW) wiped off his sweat and said, "Where is the questioner?" It seemed as if the the Prophet (SAW) liked his question.
The He said: "Good never brings forth evil. Indeed it is like what grows on the banks of a water-stream which either kills or makes the animals sick, except if an animal eats its fill the Khadira (a kind of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then passes out dung, and urine and grazes again."
No doubt this wealth is sweet and green.
"Blessed is the wealth of a Muslim from which he gives to the poor, the orphans and needy travelers [or the Prophet (SAW) said something similar to it].
No doubt, whether takes it illegally will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied, and his wealth will be witness against him on the Day of Resurrection."
[Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book of Zakat, Chapter 31]

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