Inspirational Story of Hope and Greed....

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Inspirational Story of Hope and Greed...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbasid Caliph

Haroon Rashid desired that any one who had seen the Holy Prophet

Muhammad (SAW) in his lifetime be brought before him.

 

 

After some

time a very old woman was brought before the Caliph Haroon Rashid. The

Caliph Haroon Rashid asked the old woman, " Did you see Holy Prophet

Muhammad (SAW) yourself? " She said, " Yes! Oh Sir. " The Caliph Haroon

Rashid then asked her if she remembered any narration from him. She

said yes and said,

 

 

 

 

  " When old age comes two things become young, one is hope (lofty aspirations)

and the other is greed. "

 

 

The Caliph

Haroon Rashid thanked her and gave her one hundred dinars. The woman

thanked the Caliph Haroon Rashid and she was taken back.

 

 

 

Half the way

some thought passed through her mind and she desired to be brought

before the Caliph Haroon Rashid once more. When she was shown in, the

Caliph Haroon Rashid asked, " Well, why have you come back? " She said.

" I just came to inquire whether the monies you gave me were once for

all or is it to continue every year? "

 

 

 

 

The Caliph

Haroon Rashid thought. " How true is the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

word? " she has hope of life even now and she has greed for money too.

The Caliph Haroon Rashid said, " Don't worry; you will be paid every

year. " She was taken back but on the way she breathed her last.

 

 

 

What is Greed?

 

 

Greed is the excess fondness of money and fortune. It is one of the bad manners

that draw to various evils and sins.

 

 

Disadvantages of Greed:

 

 

Greed enslaves

man and causes him grief. The greedy cares only for collecting fortunes

without stopping at any limit. Whenever he achieves a goal, he works

for achieving another and, so, he becomes the slave of avidity until

death strikes him. He, also, exerts laborious efforts for collecting

riches, but he is the less beneficiary.

 

 

He tires for

gaining fortunes, but death comes unexpectedly upon him to deprive him

of enjoying that fortune. The heirs, then, enjoy his fortune very

easily. Furthermore, greed takes to the slips of sinful matters that

produce problematic situations in the world to come. It also hinders

from doing charity.

 

 

 

Amir al- Mumini Imam Ali A.S 

said: " Know with certainty that you cannot achieve your desire and

cannot exceed your destined life. You are on the track of those before

you.

 

 

Therefore, be humble in seeking and moderate in earning because often seeking

leads to deprivation.

 

 

Every seeker of livelihood does not get it, nor is everyone who is moderate in

seeking deprived. "

 

 

 

Amir al-Muminin (as): A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of

humility..

 

 

Amir al-Muminin (as): Greed is the key to trouble and carries man to hardship.

It causes him to commit sin.

 

 

 

Imam

Muhammad al-Baqir (as) said: " In his love for the world, the greedy is

like the silkworm: the more it wraps in its cocoon, the less it has of

escaping from it, until it dies of grief. "

 

Never take some one for granted,

Hold every person Close to your Heart

 

because

you might wake up one day and realise

that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones. "

 

 

Remember this always in life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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