It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not tell you about the people of Hell and the people of Paradise? The people of Paradise are: every weak person, who is considered weak, disheveled-haired, and wearing two worn-out old garments, (but in the sight of Allah Almighty, he is so esteemed that) if he swears by Allah Almighty, He fulfills his oath. And the people of Hell are: every ill-tempered (and ill-natured) person, one who walks arrogantly, accumulates a lot of wealth and is extremely miserly, and whom other people follow.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, he says: I was sitting in a gathering of the Ansar, and the situation was such that some people were hiding behind others for the sake of covering themselves, and a reciter was reciting to us and we were listening to the words of Allah Almighty. Meanwhile, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, also came to us and sat among us, so that he might count himself among them. Then the reciter stopped reciting. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: What were you saying? We said: O Messenger of Allah! Our reciter was reciting the Book of Allah Almighty to us. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, made a circle with his hand and, indicating, said: Make a circle like this. So the people turned and sat in a circle. I think that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not recognize anyone except me. In any case, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: O group of the poor! Rejoice, for you will enter Paradise half a day, that is, five hundred years, before the wealthy people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Dharr! Look, who is the most exalted person in the mosque? He says: I looked and suddenly saw a man who was wearing fine clothes. I said: This is the one. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Now look, who is the lowest-ranked person in the mosque? I looked and saw a man wearing tattered clothes. I said: Yes, this is the one. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul! This (low-ranked) man will be better in the sight of Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection than that (exalted) man and the likes of him filling the earth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I looked into Paradise, and I saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor; then when I looked into Hell, I found that most of its inhabitants were the wealthy and women.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said, O Messenger of Allah! The wealthy people perform prayers, fast, and perform Hajj, thus they are advancing in reward. You (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You also fast, perform prayers, and perform Hajj. I said: Yes, but they give charity and we cannot give charity. You (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are also forms of charity within you, for example, removing a bone from the path is charity, guiding someone on the road is charity, helping the weak with your extra strength is charity, clarifying on behalf of one who cannot speak clearly is charity, and having intercourse with your wife is charity. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Is it possible that we fulfill our desire and there is reward for us in it? You (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tell me, if you were to use that private part in something unlawful, would you be sinful? I said: Yes. You (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then when you avoid evil with the intention of reward, and do a good deed with the intention of reward, will you not be rewarded?

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he complained of his poverty to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu Sa'id! Be patient, for indeed, poverty and hardship rush towards the one who loves me with such speed as a flood flows from the height of a valley or from the peak of a mountain towards the lowlands."

Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that the majority of those who entered it were common people and the poor, while those of high rank were held back (outside Paradise). As for the people of Hell, it had already been decreed that they would be taken to Hell. Then I stood at the gate of the Fire and saw that the majority of those who entered it were common women.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I looked into Paradise and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were the poor, then I looked into the Fire from above and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Two believers will meet at the gate of Paradise, one will be wealthy and the other poor; they will have been friends in the world. The poor one will be admitted into Paradise, and the wealthy one will be held back for as long as Allah wills. Then, when he is admitted into Paradise and meets the poor one, the poor one will say: O my brother! What kept you back? By Allah, you were held back for so long that I began to fear for you. He will say: O my brother! After you, I was kept at such a place that was very terrifying and unpleasant, and until I reached you, I sweated so much that if a thousand camels that eat the hamd plant came to drink it, they would have drunk their fill and returned satisfied.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: It is a story from a bygone era that a man and his wife did not possess anything (i.e., they had nothing), one day that man returned from a journey and entered upon his wife while he was suffering from severe hunger. He said to his wife: Do you have anything to eat? She said: Yes, rejoice, just now the sustenance of Allah Almighty has come to you. Then the man urged the woman and said: May you perish, if you have anything, present it. She said: Yes, of course, but wait a little, we hope for the mercy of Allah Almighty. But then, when the period of hunger became prolonged, he said: Oh, may you die, get up, find some bread and present it before me, I am tired and it is becoming difficult for me. She said: Yes, just now the oven is about to be ready for cooking, do not hurry. Then, when the husband remained silent for a while and the woman thought that he would speak again, this time she herself said: If I get up and check my oven (who knows, maybe something is actually cooking in it), so she got up and found her oven filled with goat shoulders and both her mills were grinding grain. So she went to the mill and examined it and took out the goat shoulders from the oven. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By the One in whose hand is the life of Abu al-Qasim, the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said that if she had taken out the flour from both mills and not examined them, they would have continued grinding grain until the Day of Resurrection.