You have a great treasure with you if you are of the type who is contented with any situation. The Prophet (PBUH) said in an authentic hadith:
“Be contented with what Allah has appointed for you and you will be the richest of people.”
Be contented with your family, your income, your car, and your job. If you are contented with all of these, then you will have found happiness and peace. And in another authentic hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“Richness is the richness of the soul.”
He (PBUH) so said:
“O' Allah, make his wealth be in his heart.”
A man related that he once entered a taxi at the airport and ordered the driver to take him to the city. He said, “I noticed that the driver was happy and good-humoured. He would constantly praise Allah, thank Him, and remember Him. I asked him about his family and he said that he was the breadwinner fr two families. Meanwhile, his monthly salary was a paltry sum of 800 Riyals, and he and his family had to live in a run down building. Yet, his mind was at peace because he was thankful for what Allah had allotted for him.”
The narrator then went on to say, “I felt amazed when I compared this man to others who lead a life of affluence – with money, luxury cars, and large mansions, in spite of such opulence, they live such miserable lives, and upon reflection, I realized that happiness is not in wealth.”
{After all that he desires – that I should give more; Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Aayaat [proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.].} (Quran 74: 15-16)
“Be contented with what Allah has appointed for you and you will be the richest of people.”
Be contented with your family, your income, your car, and your job. If you are contented with all of these, then you will have found happiness and peace. And in another authentic hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“Richness is the richness of the soul.”
He (PBUH) so said:
“O' Allah, make his wealth be in his heart.”
A man related that he once entered a taxi at the airport and ordered the driver to take him to the city. He said, “I noticed that the driver was happy and good-humoured. He would constantly praise Allah, thank Him, and remember Him. I asked him about his family and he said that he was the breadwinner fr two families. Meanwhile, his monthly salary was a paltry sum of 800 Riyals, and he and his family had to live in a run down building. Yet, his mind was at peace because he was thankful for what Allah had allotted for him.”
The narrator then went on to say, “I felt amazed when I compared this man to others who lead a life of affluence – with money, luxury cars, and large mansions, in spite of such opulence, they live such miserable lives, and upon reflection, I realized that happiness is not in wealth.”
{After all that he desires – that I should give more; Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Aayaat [proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.].} (Quran 74: 15-16)
