Monday, August 30, 2010

On Collecting Wealth

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said: "At the moment when the coffin of a person is being lifted and carried, the concerning soul follows its corpse and regretfully calls: 'O you my children and my relatives! Beware that the world does not cheat you as it did me. I gathered wealth regardless of it being lawful or unlawful and left all of it for others. Now I am left with its burden upon me while they enjoy the fruit of it; therefore, avoid that which is similar to what happened to me'."
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 6, p. 161
 
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said: "How many wretched people there are whose days are being numbered but yet they are laboriously seeking wealth."
Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 240

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