ISBN: 9798185756164 - open hands: the merchant who grew rich and never let it own him (1 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What if the fear you feel about your own good fortune is the most honest thing about you You worked for what you have. Maybe you built it from nothing. And still, on some ordinary evening, a small voice asks whether you are allowed to keep it, whether it is changing you, whether you could open your hand if you had to. You are not the first person to hear that voice.Open Hands is a narrative biography of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, one of the earliest companions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. He arrived in Medina with nothing, refused half of another man's fortune, and asked to be shown the market. He became one of the wealthiest men in Arabia, fought at Badr and Uhud, chose a caliph, and died leaving gold so heavy it had to be cut with axes, and a garden for the Prophet's widows. This book follows him from the black rock valley of Mecca to that garden, told from the early sources with each report named and weighed, including the famous story that the great scholars rejected.- Feel your grip loosen on what you have honestly earned, without guilt and without clutching- Find a way to hold success that neither worships money nor despises it- Meet a man who wept at a full table, and understand why- See how one refusal, one dowry, and one sleepless week can shape a whole life- Carry home a practice as old as Medina: keep what you are given movingThis is a book for anyone who has succeeded at something and wondered what they are supposed to do with it, and for anyone who loves the stories of the companions told truthfully.His friend would not write his name. The whole world has been writing it ever since.Open your hands. Then turn the first page.…