Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would command us to give charity, one of us would go to the market and carry loads. Then if he received a mudd (of grain, etc.) as wages, he would give that as charity. (At that time, there was such poverty.) And today, some people possess one hundred thousand dirhams.