Listen To What Your Greatest Assets Are

Your Greatest Assets

The Prophet ﷺ — in his house, an animal is slaughtered and the animal is cooked. It was lamb, and it was given away. Everything was given away except the lamb shoulder, because the Prophet ﷺ loved to eat lamb shoulder.

And he came and he asked Aisha رضي الله عنها, "Oh Aisha, what is left of the lamb?" She said, "Everything is gone except the shoulder." He said, "No, Aisha, no — we have everything else. We don't have the shoulder."

Because what he has — his asset — is what he gave for the sake of Allah. That's his asset.

Redefining Net Worth

Maybe today people calculate their net worth — how many houses, how much bank balance. But your greatest asset is not the things that you own. It is the things that you gave away and you sacrificed for the sake of Allah.

Those who love Allah — Allah is waiting to meet them.

(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 2470)