Abstain from avarice, for those who were before you were ruined due to avarice. It (avarice) commanded them to show niggardliness so they did; it commanded them to cut off their relationship with their nearest relatives, so they cut off. It commanded them to show profligacy, so they showed it.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As may Allah be pleased with them:The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, preached and said:
