Your Treasures

Know that your treasuries are full, for you have ears that hear, eyes that see, hands that grasp, feet that walk, a tongue that speaks, and a mind that thinks. Spend then of your hearing on the best of speech... As for your eyes, use them to look at the realms of the skies and the Earth... As for your hands, spend from them in assisting and supporting the weak.... As for your legs, use them to walk to the mosques... As for your tongue, use it to encourage people to do good and to stay away from evil, and to teach the Muslims... As for your mind, use it to contemplate the creations of God... You must, O brother in God, spend many precious breaths in the beholding of God, in His remembrance, and in the teaching of wisdom by speaking beneficial words. Know that the more you spend of your knowledge, the more God gives you of it. He who spends goodness from his limbs, God will bring down goodness on him, and the reward of the next life is greater... And know that you will not arrive at what the serious ones achieved until you make all of your limbs sources of pure goodness, and you are constantly aware of God's sight of you, and you teach yourself good manners, thus making your soul grow. - Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari Summarised from Reassurance for the Seeker, commentary on Hadith 21: Charity