Hassan Shibly

Death is inevitable.

And we're not taking our possessions with us.

The only good that we take is the good that we send ahead.

It's the actions that we do.

Those are what result in true spiritual wealth when the soul goes on.

So whatever wealth you just use for yourself for a good time, that wealth dissipates.

The wealth you use to help the poor, the needy, to support the oppressed, to feed the hungry, that is wealth that is stored with God for you with your soul forever.

You know, so it's amazing.

Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, refused to keep wealth in his home.

Really?

He would be given gifts, sometimes a lot of wealth, gold, animals.

And before the end of the day, he would have it all distributed to the point where once he was gifted a lamb.

And so he spent the day, he gave out all of the lamb except the leg he kept for his family to eat.

And his wife asked him, why did you give away the whole lamb except the leg?

And he said, the reality is I kept the whole lamb except the leg.

The leg we eat, we lose.

The lamb we gave in charity, that is with God invested with us, and we will have it on the day we need it most when we return to God.

The Prophet Muhammad, we believe Gabriel came to him with an angel and said, listen, God has allowed this angel, if you so wish, it will make the mountains of Mecca gold for you.

Or you can live as a humble servant.

Do you wish to be a servant worshiper of God or a king worshiper of God?