True Wealth is Knowledge

If we seek for knowledge, the knowledge will take care of us.
If we seek for wealth, we will have to take care of it.

Many times when it comes to money making program, we are very enthusiastic about it. We would go all out in search of wealth. We can talk about business day and night without getting bored. When we go to sleep we’ll think of ways to make more money. Reason being, we dream of buying a bigger house, bigger car or going for our next holiday trip or simply to live life more luxuriously.

Yes, we would also say, “If I make more money, I would donate some.” Think about it, the “some” we mention here, how many percent of the profit do we actually give out for the cause of God? 10%?? 20%?? 50%?? How many percent of our salary do we spend in the path of God??

A man who earns $1000 a month and spends $500 in the path of God is not equal to a man who earns $5000 a month and spends $1000 in the path of God. The sum may appear greater in value but the percentage of the individual’s contribution is a vast difference.

We are in denial. In the name of comfort, materials, luxury and status have made us not seek knowledge but wealth!
When we make more money, we buy a bigger house and time is taken away as we are now busy maintaining our bigger house. Employ a helper to clean the house? We have to look for even more money then!
When we make more money, we buy a car and again time is taken away as now we want to keep our car clean and shiny!
When we make more money, we now look for investment plans instead of knowledge!

Just look at how wealth has deceived us from seeking knowledge. Knowledge from the Lord, the Quran. And when we lose the wealth we have gained, we’ll be in the state of despair.

Wealth is an adornment in this life. Let’s not get too carried away with it. Seek wealth as a mean of survival to worship God and seek knowledge to know how to worship God.

True wealth is knowledge and let’s remember, if we seek for knowledge, the knowledge will take care of us.
If we seek for wealth, we will have to take care of it.

May God grant us Guidance by us making effort to come back to the Book of Truth.