The best wealth is that which has been earned by its lawful means.
The best wealth is that which has been earned by its lawful means. 15ـ أطْيَبُ الْمالِ مَا اكْتُسِبَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ. The best wealth is that which has the best effect upon you. 16ـ أفْضَلُ الأمْوالِ أحْسَنُها آثَراً عَلَيْكَ. The best wealth is that by which the rights [of others] are fulfilled. 17ـ أفْضَلُ الْمالِ ما قُضِيَتْ بِهِ الحُقُوقُ. Verily your wealth is for the one who praises you in your lifetime and the one who vilifies you after your death.
18ـ إنَّ مالَكَ لِحامِدِكَ في حَياتِكَ، ولِذامِّكَ بَعْدَ وَفاتِكَ. Verily a person comes to that which he has sent forward [of his good deeds] and regrets [about] that which he has left behind. 19ـ إنَّ المَرْءَ عَلى ما قَدَّمَ قادِمٌ، وعَلى ما خَلَّفَ نادِمٌ. Verily Allah, the Glorified, has ordained the provisions of the poor in the wealth of the rich, so no poor person goes hungry but because of the withholding of the rich, and Allah will question them about this.
20ـ إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ فَرَضَ في أمْوالِ الأغْنياءِ أقْواتَ الفُقَراءِ، فَما جاعَ فَقِيرٌ إلاّ بِما مَنَعَ غَنِيٌّ، واللّهُ سائِلُهُمْ عَنْ ذلِكَ. Surely the person with the greatest regret on the Day of Resurrection will be the man who earns wealth without obeying [the commandments of] Allah, then a man inherits his wealth and spends it in obedience to Allah and through it enters Paradise whereas the first one enters Hell because of it.
Verily when a man dies people say: ‘What has he left behind?’ while the angels say: ‘What has he sent forward?’ Your forefathers are for Allah![^2] Send some of your wealth forward, so that it may be a provision for you [in the Hereafter], and do not leave all of it behind such that it becomes a [heavy] burden on you.
22ـ إنَّ المَرْءَ إذا هَلَكَ قالَ النّاسُ: ما تَرَكَ؟ وقالَتِ المَلائِكَةُ ما قَدَّمَ؟ لِلّهِ آباؤُكُمْ، فَقَدِّمُوا بَعْضاً يَكُنْ لَكُمْ ذُخْراً، ولاتُخَلِّفُوا كُلاًّ فَيَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَلاًّ. Verily the best wealth is that which earns praise and gratitude and brings about reward and recompense. 23ـ إنَّ خَيْرَ المالِ ما كَسَبَ ثَناءً وشُكْراً، وأوْجَبَ ثَواباً وأجْراً.
Verily the best wealth is that which bequeaths to you a provision [for the Hereafter] and a legacy, and earns you praise and reward. 24ـ إنَّ خَيْرَ الْمالِ ما أوْرَثَكَ ذُخْراً وذِكْراً، وأَكْسَبَكَ حَمْداً وَأجْراً.