Once, 10 wise men came to Hadrat Ali (r.a) and posed this question: “Why is knowledge better than wealth?” Each of these men, demanded a separate answer. In return, Hadrat Ali (r.a) gave the following answers:
1. Knowledge is better because you guard wealth whereas knowledge guards you.
2. Knowledge is better because the wealthy have enemies and the learned have many friends.
3. Knowledge is better because it is a legacy bequeathed by prophets (a.s), and the wealth is a heritage of the pharaohs.
4. Knowledge is better because it increase with distribution whereas wealth decreases.
5. Knowledge is better because wealth generally brings miserliness.
6. Knowledge is better because unlike wealth, it cannot be stolen.
7. Knowledge is better because the wealthy have to give an account of their wealth on the Day of Qiyaamah.
8. Knowledge is better because it does not deteriorate, while wealth does.
9. Knowledge is better because the mind is illuminated by it, whereas wealth tarnishes it.
10. Knowledge is better than wealth because the pharaohs, the wealthy and the disbelievers claimed divinity on account of wealth.
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