A Muslim is Passionately Devoted, Not to Possessions and Wealth, But to Allah
Ibn Umar (Radi Allahu anhu) said: The Allah's Messenger (SalAllahu alaihi wasallam) said,"In the presence of three people, two should not hold secret counsel, to the exclusion of the third." Al-Bukhari and Muslim
In Abu Dawud, Abu Salih related:I asked Ibn Umar: "What if there are four people," He said, "There is no harm in that." (This also means, in case of four person, three should not hold secret counsel to the exclusion of fourth person. Allah knows the best).
Malik reported in Al-Muwatta that Abdullah bin Dinar related: Ibn Umar and I were together in Khalid bin Uqbah's house which was situated in the market place. A man came to consult Ibn Umar. None besides me was present. Ibn Umar called another man in and we became four and said to me and the man he had called: Move away a bit because I have heard the Allah's Messenger (SalAllahu alaihi wasallam) saying, "The two people should not hold secret counsel together excluding the third." All Hadees - Taken from Riyad-us-Saliheen
*This prohibition is for lawful matters only because in unlawful matters such as private conversation is altogether forbidden, even if there is no third person.
The Noble Qur'an ordains: (Surat : Al-Mujadila Verse 58:9) O you who believe! When you hold secret counsel, do it not for sin and wrong- doing, and disobedience towards the Messenger (Muhammad SalAllahu alaihi wasallam), but do it for Al-Birr (righteousness) and Taqwa (virtues and piety); and fear Allah unto Whom you shall be gathered. A Muslim is Passionately Devoted, Not to Possessions and Wealth, But to Allah
* Why is the devotion to wealth and property of people who do not live by the moral values of the Qur’an in fact great heedlessness that believers scrupulously avoid? * How do believers use their wealth and possessions on Allah’s path? * What secret does our Lord reveal in the Qur’an for believers who spend all their wealth and assets on Allah’s path?
People who do not live by the moral values of the Qur’an suffer various pains; these people even make the desire to “possess wealth and property” their greatest aim in life. Allah describes such people as “trying to outdo one another in wealth” in the Qur’an (Surat al-Hadid, 20). But this desire is literally a delusion because it is Allah Who owns everything in the world. People deceive themselves when they imagine they “own possessions.” They did not personally create the things they imagine they possess, and they have no power whatsoever to maintain them. Neither can they prevent them ceasing to exist. Moreover, there is no question of them “owning” anything; because they themselves are under the control of Allah, “the king of Mankind” (Surat an- Nas, 2). In the Qur’an it is revealed that all objects and entities belong to Allah, our Creator:
“Everything in the heavens and everything on the earth and everything in between them and everything under the ground belongs to Him.” (Surah Ta Ha, 6)