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The True Richness----Many people mistakenly assume that true wealth and real treasure is that of money. It is indeed true that wealth is a great blessing from God which He bestows upon His servants. And the one who earns it purely, and spends it properly, and gives it to those that deserve it, without a doubt earns a great reward from God.

But at the same time, wealth is not the greatest blessing that can be given to mankind. Furthermore, no matter how much wealth a person has, eventually it will leave him, and pass on into the hands of others. The Prophet, may God praise him, reminded us of this when he asked the Companions,

“Who amongst you loves the money of his inheritors more than his own money?”[1]

They replied, “O Messenger of God! There is no one of us except that he loves his own money more than he loves the money of his inheritors.”

So the Prophet replied, “But his money is only that which he sent forth, and the money of his inheritors is what he left behind.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

So in reality most of the money that a person owns will eventually end up in the hands of his or her inheritors, and only that part which was spent for ........................(read my blog)