After his orders being carried out, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ called me and asked, ‘Had you forgotten your promise?’ I replied, ‘I remembered my promise and in the first instance, I had selected the finest camel. But then I thought that you use this camel as a means of travelling and hence, it benefits you a lot. I had avoided this camel by considering your needs only.’ He further questioned, ‘Did you really leave it considering only my needs?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ continued, ‘May I not tell you the day of my needs? Listen! The day of my needs is the day when I will be lowered into the grave all alone. What will be left is wealth; its claimants are three:
Taqdeer (destiny) which does not distinguishes an individual from others when it deprives him from wealth.
Inheritors who await your death so as to take over your wealth after your death.
The third inheritor is you, yourself.
(When neither destiny nor your inheritors show any reluctance in claiming your wealth, then why are you falling behind? To whatever extent you can sacrifice your most valuable possession in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and collect them for your Hereafter.)
After saying this, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ recited the first verse of the fourth part of the Noble Quran: