[Machine] He informed him that Amr ibn Auf, who was an ally of the Banu Amr ibn Luay, had witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He also informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah to Bahrain to collect its tribute, and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ considered the people of Bahrain to be righteous and appointed Alaa ibn al-Hadrami as their leader. Abu Ubaydah arrived with wealth from Bahrain, and when the Ansar heard of his arrival, they went to perform the Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When they finished, they confronted him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled upon seeing them and said, "I assume you have heard of the arrival of Abu Ubaydah and that he has brought something?" They replied, "Indeed, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Rejoice and hope for what brings you happiness, for by Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear that the world will be spread out before you as it was spread out before those before you, and you will compete for it and it will distract you as it distracted them."
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَوْفٍ ؓ وَهُوَ حَلِيفُ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ كَانَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ ؓ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَأْتِي بِجِزْيَتِهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُوَ صَالَحَ أَهْلَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فَقَدِمَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَسَمِعَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ بِقُدُومِهِ فَوَافَتْ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ تَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُمْ وَقَالَ أَظُنُّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِقُدُومِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ وَأَنَّهُ جَاءَ بِشَيْءٍ؟ فَقَالُوا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا الْفَقْرُ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكِنْ أَخْشَى أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَافَسُوهَا وَتُلْهِيَكُمْ كَمَا أَلْهَتْهُمْ