It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of a miser and a generous spender is like two men who are wearing iron armor from their chest to their collarbone. Whenever the generous person spends, the armor expands in proportion to his spending and it opens up for him. But the miser’s armor becomes tighter and more constricting. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicating with his two fingers to this side. If only you could have seen the armor of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as he was trying to expand it, but it was not expanding.