Explanation of his saying: “And hold fast to wealth and its acquisition, for it is the mark of the noble and it dispenses with the base.”

The Shaykh : Among the advice of this wise man to his children was that he said to them: “And hold fast to wealth and its acquisition”. By wealth here is meant everything of value, not just the two currencies. He is admonishing his children not to be a burden on people; he is admonishing and advising them to have earned wealth from which they can sustain themselves and not need anyone else. Why? He said: “For it is the mark of the noble”. When a person has wealth, that wealth becomes a cause for him to be dignified, prominent, and noble among people, because he helps them with his wealth. Thus, acquiring and earning wealth is a mark of nobility on one hand, and it dispenses with the base on the other. When a person is rich with what he has, that makes him independent of knocking on people’s doors. Especially since, as a rule, people who possess wealth and are able to help others are often base rather than noble; if they give, they show off, and if they refuse, they curse and insult. Therefore, a person’s acquisition and handling of wealth, on one hand, raises his rank and status among people, making him noble and generous among them, and on the other hand, it makes him independent of asking some base people for money. Especially since, in some of our previous lessons, we have passed by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): . So it seems that here, when he said: “Hold fast to wealth and its acquisition, for it is the mark of the noble and it dispenses with the base”, he derived this meaning from this noble hadith: , which is the giving hand .