[Machine] Abdullah bin Hawala, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, came to me and it reached us that he obligated himself to pay two hundred (dirhams), but he refused to pay more than one hundred. I said to him, "Is it true that it reached us that you obligated yourself to pay two hundred and you refuse to pay more than one hundred?" By Allah, nothing stopped him from paying it, and he was able to say that he has no responsibility. Doesn't it suffice for Ibn Hawala to pay one hundred every year? Then he started telling us about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on foot around Medina to gain spoils, but we arrived without gaining anything. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw our effort, he said, 'O Allah, do not entrust them to me, so I will be lenient with them. Do not entrust them to people, so they will treat them lightly and oppress them. Do not entrust them to themselves, so they will be unable to fulfill it. Rather, unite them with their provisions.' Then he said, 'The Sham will be opened for you, and the treasures of Persia and Rome will be divided among you. And each one of you will have a certain amount of wealth, until one of you will be given a hundred dinars and he will become displeased and will put his hand on my head and say, 'O Ibn Hawala, if you see the Khilafah being established on the Holy Land, then earthquakes, blasts, and great matters have come, and the Hour is closer to people than my hand is to your head."
نَزَلَ بِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَوَالَةَ صَاحِبُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ لَهُ فِي الْمِائَتَيْنِ فَأَبَى إِلَّا مِائَةً قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَحَقٌّ مَا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ لَكَ فِي مِائَتَيْنِ فَأَبَيْتَ إِلَّا مِائَةً؟ وَاللهِ مَا مَنَعَهُ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ أَوَلَا يَكْفِي ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ مِائَةٌ كُلَّ عَامٍ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنَا عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِنَغْنَمَ فَقَدِمْنَا وَلَمْ نَغْنَمْ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي بِنَا مِنَ الْجَهْدِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ لَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلِيَّ فَأَضْعُفَ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَيَهُونُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَسْتَأْثِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَعْجِزُوا عَنْهَا وَلَكِنْ تَوَحَّدْ بِأَرْزَاقِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَيُفْتَحَنَّ لَكُمُ الشَّامُ ثُمَّ لَتُقْسَمَنَّ كُنُوزُ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ وَلَيَكُونَنَّ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْمَالِ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيُعْطَى مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَسْخَطُهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْخِلَافَةَ قَدْ نَزَلَتِ الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ فَقَدْ أَتَتِ الزَّلَازِلُ وَالْبَلَابِلُ وَالْأُمُورُ الْعِظَامُ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ يَدِي هَذِهِ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ