Being frugal or exercising prudence in spending is a great thing, but truth is, you don't get rich by unwilling to spend; you'll only be accruing your needs and the expenses thereof. In other words, you don't get rich by withholding yours and living off someone else's. Ali Ibn Abi Talib was reported to have said: “Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.” Our beautiful faith teaches that the only time you should withhold is when it's for necessary living, for the hand that gives is better than the hand that takes.
Mom used to say if wealth is about to come your way, it will appear as if the entire universe is conspiring to make you rich. You will be given contracts, co-opted into paying committees, be invited to sit at tables without you lobbying. Money will come left, right and centre. This is why you see celebrities spending as if they're not saving, and making more from endorsements than their career signings, or a certain CEO sitting in 10 extras boards other than his. Me? I have this philosophy that if wealth was the ultimate result of saving, your grandma that had a kondanneh (piggy bank sort of) from when you were six would've been rich by now. But how many times did she not call you to help break it open because of an emergency?
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