It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade hoarding food. Imam Muslim has recorded a narration from Sayyiduna Ma'mar bin Abdullah bin Nadlah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one hoards except a sinner." This hadith is among the proofs that refute the principle that the hadith of a Companion from whom two Successors do not narrate is not sahih, because this Ma'mar has no narrator other than Sa'id bin al-Musayyab. As for the narration of al-Qasim from Abu Umamah, it is not with those words. Some reports have been narrated concerning the prohibition of hoarding and of holding back from supporting the Muslims in times of hardship, which must be mentioned at this point, because at this time the Muslims are afflicted by this very hardship. Some of them are as follows.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who hoards is accursed (far from the mercy of Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever holds back food (hoards it) for forty nights has disowned Allah and Allah has disowned him. And any people of a settlement or neighbourhood among whom a person wakes up hungry, the protection of Allah is withdrawn from them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hoards with the intention of raising prices for the Muslims by it is a wrongdoer and a sinner, and the protection of Allah is withdrawn from him."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is not a believer who goes to sleep with his stomach full while his neighbour beside him is hungry."