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The Wisdom of Life

15 If you could give me one advice,
what would that be?

y advice would be to become a positive thinker, one
Mwho does not succumb to negative thinking, saves
oneself from environmental storm and can live on one’s
own without becoming affected by the external world.

16 What would you choose from these
:
three money, health or peace?

he first choice is health. By birth, man is a weak
Tcreature. He cannot tolerate even a minor disturbance
to his health. A person who does not enjoy good health
cannot do anything properly. It is therefore rightly
said, ‘Health is wealth’. One who has good health, can
accomplish all tasks in life. According to a hadith, the
Prophet said:

Ask God for pardon and health, for verily,
none has been given anything better than
health after faith. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi,
hadith no. 3558)

According to another hadith, the Prophet is said to have
remarked;

And in God’s eyes praying for good health
is dearer to praying for anything else.
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, hadith no. 3548)

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