Money vs Conscience

Money by Precondo CA

I recently involved money into building zakatlists. Some people hired me for work. It felt strange and risky. Because, unlike before, now I will be held accountable for my mistakes.

Inside me, it felt great; people giving you money for your services. But broadly watching, it is more responsibility, focus and a fear of losing the client.

Let’s discuss how we can protect ourselves once money rolls into our brands.

1. Do not hinder flow

2. Walk humble

Do not hinder flow

Qadisiyah, Baghdad, Iraq by NASA

The money in your life is like a river of water. The salary is not yours until your bank pays it to you. It is not yours after you pay your bills, rations and car repair. It comes in your wallet for a brief period of time, and flows out. Like water in river doesn’t stop, the money doesn’t stop in your wallet. It flows.

The money, saved over years of hard work, is again not yours. It is in the bank and bank is building bigger investments over your money. They know, you are never going to use a wallet big enough to keep entire savings inside it.

I say, let it flow like this. A client pays you, give it out to buy better ration, better car or a better laptop on the same day. Invest on your clothes, luxury and house. Let it get our of your wallet as soon as it reaches you. Today’s money if spent out today, will lift your life. You will soon have a better car, a better home and a better laptop.

If you start putting un-necessary focus on money, you will start finding it is impacting your life, productivity and content quality. More you throw it away from you, more it lowers its admiration and more it comes in abundance. The river, the wallet in your pocket, starts filling more often. And once the money earned today, exceeds the money needed today, you will find your life getting easier.

Make note, rich life only happens once your love of purpose exceeds your love for money.

Prophet PBUH told Abu Dharr once;

Abu Dharr, if the mountain of Uhud were turned into gold for me, I would not like three nights to pass and one diner still be left with me, excepting what I would leave for paying my debts.
- Sahih al Bukhari 6444

Walk humble

Flowers by Henry Be

Money pollutes your mind, health and over all conscience. It is a bad thing to connect yourself to. But it is an important thing to skip the “fund raising”, “donation seeking”, “help me” part of your life. You feel bad asking for donations? “Earning money for what you are good at”, is the solution.

But it dulls you down. Breaks you step by step. Fills your head with calculations, plans and filthy dreams. It overcomes your personality and puts you in shackles. You get egoistic, aggressive and evil. Honestly, this is what money does to you; hurt, pain and losses.

Whatever happens, pin it to your chest, you will walk humble. Head down, eyes looking for mercy of Allah, burdened with troubles and aged. You do not grow wings, start a flight or grow more than what you are. You are a speck, that has no value and you will stay like this, until you die.

If humility, humbleness and love of purpose, is over shadowed with wanting of more money. You need to stop yourself. Take a halt in this run. Prostrate to Allah. Ask Him for guidance. And wait until you start feeling yourself, a speck, and get back on the track.

Without pinning these rules, you can’t produce quality. You can’t live productive. You can’t embrace freedom. You can’t succeed. Without humility you can’t fight.

Conclusion

Paradise by Banter snaps

Life is small. It is 60 years. 30 years already spent. Some years left on this road. Why not live like a careless bird. Who leaves her nest, joins the herd, flies north, sits fights and gathers. Who feeds her kids with love, purity and nature. Why not live for one day, without thinking about tomorrow. Why not, graze gardens beside rivers, dive into waters and walk wet. Why not?

You need nothing in money. Things you need, you already have. You already have a nest, a tribe, a herd and some fields to graze. You have kids, you have mornings, you have the skies. You have wings. You can either fly today; careless, open and wide. Or you can wait, till you die.