Earning more money does not make one into a better person

Earning more money does not make one into a better person

1991 7 July 19 Earning more money does not make one into a better person (78) Anas told of two brothers who lived in the Prophet’s time. One of them used to come and sit in the Prophet’s company, while the other used to earn a living for his household. The latter came to the Prophet and complained about his brother not doing any work, and leaving it to him to do all the earning. “Perhaps it is because of him that you are provided with sustenance.” the Prophet told him.

(Riadh al Saliheen)

Keep the Doctor A way

1991 7 July 19 Keep the Doctor A way (150) A city dweller saw a villager who was 60 yet looked very healthy and active. He asked the villager what the secret of his health was. The villager replied: “Whenever I am not sure whether to eat or not (that is whenever I am not hungry enough) I prefer not to eat.

What the illiterate villager said in his unpolished words, was exactly what Socrates had said many centuries ago: “Do not eat until you become restless with hunger.”

All energy is received from food, but it is also a fact that food is the cause of all diseases. Taking wrong food or deficient food is as harmful as eating without being hungry or over-eating. The secret of health in a phrase is: “Proper food in proper quantity.”

If only one could grasp this single principle, one would not need a doctor throughout one’s entire life. – Muslema Siddiqui, New Delhi