Do you know who is poor?

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger
(may peace & blessings of Allah be upon him)
as saying:

Do you know who is poor?
...
They (the Companions) said:

A poor man amongst us is one
who has neither dirham with him nor wealth.

He (may peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

The poor of my Umma would be he
who would come on the Day of Resurrecton
with prayers and fasts and Zakat but
(he would find himself bankrupt on that day
as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues)

since he hurled abuses upon others,
brought calumny against others
and unlawfully consumed the wealth of others
and shed the blood of others and beat others,
and his virtues would be credited
to the account of one (who suffered at his hand).

And if his good deeds fall short
to clear the account, then his sins
(the sins of the person who suffered at his hand) would be entered in (his account)
and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.

(Sahih Muslim ~ Book #032, Hadith #6251)

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