Knowledge VS Wealth

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Ali (RA) was once asked what was better: wealth or knowledge. He said, Knowledge is superior to wealth for ten reasons:

(1) Knowledge is the legacy of the prophets. Wealth is the inheritance of the Pharaohs. Therefore, knowledge is better than wealth.

(2) You have to guard your wealth but knowledge guards you. So knowledge is better.

(3) A man of wealth has many enemies while a man of knowledge has many friends. Hence knowledge is better.

(4) Knowledge is better because it increases with distribution, while wealth decreases by that act.

(5) Knowledge is better because a learned man is apt to be generous while a wealthy person is apt to be miserly.

(6) Knowledge is better because it cannot be stolen while wealth can be stolen.

(7) Knowledge is better because time cannot harm knowledge, but wealth rusts in course of time and wears away.

(8) Knowledge is better because it is boundless while wealth is limited and you can keep account of it.

(9) Knowledge is better because it illuminates the mind while wealth is apt to blacken it.

(10) Knowledge is better because knowledge induced the humanity in our Prophet to say to Allah, "We worship Thee as we are Your servant," while wealth engendered in Pharaoh and Nimrod the vanity which made them claim Godhead.

Lessons from Imam Al-Ghazali

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What's the nearest to us in this world?
Death [ Ali Imran : 185 ]

What's the furthest then?
The past. We won't return to the past. Thus, treasure the present and the days to come with values of the Shari'a.

What's the biggest thing in this world?
Desires. [ Al-A'raf: 179 ]. Beware of our own desires. Don't let them lead us to the Hellfire.

What's the heaviest in this world?
Holding trust. [ Surah Al-Ahzab:72 ] The creation of God could not bear to be vicegerents on Earth. However, human beings were proud in carrying out this favour that led most of them to Hellfire due to their failures of keeping trust.

What's the lightest?
Leaving prayers. All due to our tasks, we leave them.

What's the sharpest in this world?
The tongue. People love to backbite and hurt others to satisfy their own needs.