Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī witnessed the will of the wealthy notable of the Tamīm tribe named Ṣafwān (the father of Khālid ibn Ṣafwān, later a notorious miser). Ṣafwān would leave behind 120,000 dirhams - a hefty sum. Someone asked why he bothered to acquire such wealth, ... 
and he replied, "to weather the vicissitudes of time, to fend off the cruelty of rulers, and to vie for glory within the tribe." (He had never heard the eternal maxim, "Mo' money, mo' problems", I guess).
Unimpressed, al-Ḥasan replied, “By God, you leave it to people who will not praise even as you approach the One who not will pardon you” [i.e., God will not pardon you for your greed].
