The son of a wealthy but avaricious old man, having fallen sick, his well-wishers advised him that it would be proper to get the whole Quran recited or else to offer a sacrifice. He meditated a while and then said: ‘It is preferable to read the Quran because the flock is at a distance.’ A holy man, who had heard this, afterwards remarked: ‘He selected the reading of the Quran because it is at the tip of the tongue but the money at the bottom of the heart.’ <br /> <br /> It is useful to bend the neck in prayers <br /> If they are to be accompanied by almsgiving. <br /> For one dinar he would remain sticking in mud like an ass, <br /> But if thou askest for Alhamdu he will recite it a hundred times.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-06-on-weakness-and-old-age-story-07/
