Abu 'Izza Yassar ibn 'Abdullah al-Hudhali reported that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When Allah wants a slave
to die in a particular country, he makes him have some reason for being
there."
'Abdullah said, "When one of you seeks something he needs, he should
ask for something small. He will have what is decreed for him. None of
you should go to his companion and then praise him and thus break his back."
Abu 'Abdu'l-'Aziz said, "Abu Hurayra spent the night with us and
looked at a star before him. Then he said, 'By the One who holds Abu Hurayra
in his hand, some people wish that they would be appointed commanders in
the earth while their actions are as if they were handing from that star.
They are not appointed to those positions of command not to those positions.'
Then he turned to me and said, 'May the one who hates you not have good!
Is all of this allowed by the people of the east in the east?' 'Yes, by
Allah,' I replied. He said, 'May Allah make them ugly and drive them like
angry camels as if their faces were beaten shields until they give the
owner of a field his field and the owner of sheep his sheep!'"
Abu Hurayra said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah, which sadaqa
has the best reward?' He said, 'By your father, you will learn of it. It
is that you give sadaqa while you are healthy and avaricious, fearful of
poverty and desirous of wealth. You should not delay it until you are at
the point of death and then say, "This much is for so-and-so. This much
is for so-and-so. This much is for so-and-so."'"
