 Good night. Salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Hope y'all are doing well. If it's night time on your end I hope you're having a good night. If it's daytime, I hope you're having a good day But let me say this. It's an honor to be back here live in the holy city of Karbala We're season two of Hashtag Lntl for the late and for the night T for the talk and we are live in the late night talk with me or host Ahmed Ali Now let me say this before we get into the show This is the second episode and the first episode was a was nice But we're hoping the second episode we kick it off with a nice start But before we do that, let's go and check out what's trending in today's world For Syria a hundred people a hundred civilians were killed This has been recorded that it's the largest deadliest attack in the eastern City and Eastern enclave of Ghouta and they say 20 were killed were killed of the hundred people I hope Allah's plan to Allah give them mercy and show them mercy and made this massacre And this chaos and because really we don't need more dead people around the world Especially Muslims and Shi'a everyone even Christians anyone we don't we don't need any more dead people Now moving on the World Health Organization's warns of a soaring Of missiles in Europe and they're saying that this is spreading in Italy And Romania and Ukraine and they're saying that Our vaccines are the cure for this. So if you do see any rashes on your skin Do go to the nearest clinic and try to get yourself fixed out But let's go and check what today's topic is So welcome back now tonight's topic Will make you a millionaire or it's going to make you a scholar a knowledgeable person now in both cases You're not losing anything Now according to Forbes you guys don't know what Forbes is according to Forbes. There are almost 2,000 billionaires around the world from the 92.1 billion dollars Chairperson of the largest private charitable foundation bill and melinda gates foundation And microsoft owner. Do I have to really mention who owns microsoft? Really guys, it's bill gates. I mean look at this guy. This guy's two 92.1 billion dollars rich And we're chilling the new billionaires like ty lee who is The shi international it provider co of shi international it provider, which she happens to be Owning the largest Company of it of it provider as a woman in the united states Now this year The total number of billionaires is 11 higher than last year and 13 higher than the year before that now sadly and ironically None of them are shi'a so good luck building your husband is in your mom bargas although All the respect to our shi'a rich people. We have a lot of shi'a rich people Out there and hopefully we can continue supporting our The mom barg has had None of them billions inshallah they become billionaires and beyond Forbes list, but anyways, uh, let me ask you this in your opinion What's causing this number? To keep on rising. Is it the level of education? That's affecting this Or do you have to have attained a certain degree of knowledge? To be coming wealthy Now we all know uh, that bill gates is it was a harvard dropout But you look at amazon ceo bezos. This guy is 109 billion dollars rich Even if I get my wish list out right now and trying to check everything I'll finish it. I won't even spend 100 million yet and this guy's 109 billion dollars rich Um, but yeah, we can see that he's a princeton university alumni Now this says You can be stupid and rich and we all know who that is. Uh, the person that does uh, this Hand gesture, uh, do it. Oh, he's right there. Oh, he's right there the cute, uh, donald trump But yeah, you can be stupid and rich or you can be smart and rich Just like bezos Now being smart isn't just a walk in a park You have to go through elementary middle school high school and university Alhamdulillah to go through them And that's 16 years of your precious life in order to enlighten the small mind your small mind so 16 years Just for you to graduate from university and then nowadays when you graduate from university Sometimes your jobless, you know, and you have to pay back the debts, uh, and the university loans But 16 years of your precious life giving them up in order to make Right decisions or Regretful decisions like we have the alan stanford. Uh, for example, who was the chairman Of the stanford financial group. Now he's serving 110 years In the potentially in the united states 110 years for money laundering And mail fraud now even if you were to live what 200 years which is impossible for now, uh, but Anyways, let's forget that but this guy's sentenced 110 years for mail fraud and money laundering now moving on There's only one question And there's only one fact that's out there Who doesn't love the smell of cold hard dough money green blue greens in canada blues reds Whatever Who brown the hundred dollar bills of canada? Who doesn't love the smell of money? I mean, uh, money can get you A nice ferrari a red ferrari, you know, you can show off with Uh, it can get you a nice mansion with a beach view in in miami or in anywhere else. Uh, but Is money or is Knowledge or will knowledge be able to get you that as well Now knowledge can help you strategically plan the future But is it necessarily helpful in gaining wealth now today's question is Would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be knowledgeable dive the number below And call us and comment on today's topic And the topic is which the question is would you rather be wealthy or knowledgeable? The number below shown right now Is the number you dial via whatsapp tall free number if you have that if you have wi-fi I don't know who does in the world today, but um, yeah, so dial the number below and Call put down your falafel sandwich. Uh, the number is right there 7740671836 or you can go and comment on our live facebook We are live on facebook as well. You can comment on there. Let me know what you guys think About today's topic And about today's question would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be knowledgeable? So guys We're going to go into a very short break so we can get the phone calls ready and we'll back very shortly I give yours. It's 11 10 right now And we are live from the holy city of karbala Before that quick three second break. I think that was three second break The question right there. We're talking about it. Would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be knowledgeable? The number right there shown below you can call And tell us what you think. Would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be knowledgeable? wealthy like bill gates Like thai li like bezos. Oh my god, but 109 billion dollars Yeah, 109 billion dollars. That's rich. That's filthy rich but yeah, this guy Got that money just He is a princeton alumni in a pristine university alumni who got that degree and subhanallah The richest man in history as they say or would you rather be knowledgeable like our scholars? And with all the respect to our scholars But you know, uh, they are rich in knowledge. Let's just leave it at that rich in knowledge But yes, do call us in At the number shown below And inshallah we'll get to find out whether you would rather be wealthy or knowledgeable We'll go back to a short break and we'll back very shortly Now welcome back for with a second three second short break But yes, we are getting a few phone calls in but Due to the poor connection here. We're not able to get them through. Hopefully inshallah that can be resolved within a few seconds And inshallah, I think we do have a caller Hello. Salamun alaykum Yes, Salamun alaykum Ah, sorry. Yes, that's all the line was disconnected. Um, we do advice to call again But yes, uh, do call in right now because we are live in the holy city of karbala We are getting a few messages going on But yes, so one of the people that we got right now His name is ali muhammad. He's saying that in order to reach wealth We need to attain knowledge and knowledge will get you wealthy But not all the time sometimes making a decision while being knowledgeable can ruin your life But also at the same time you need wealth and knowledge in order to be happy And satisfied. Yes, uh, that that according to you, uh, that is what Satisfies you of course, uh, at the same time a lot of people, uh, do understand How knowledge works But yes going back to The second topic or the second comment, uh, shall I say, uh We have hussain ali Hussain Ali are these guys brothers? But yeah, hussain ali He's saying, uh Sorry, let me just pick that up. Yeah, uh, so he's saying that, uh, sometimes wealth is more important than knowledge Okay, uh, sometimes wealth is more important than knowledge Because wealth can get you any sort of education It can get you any sort of means everything is possible when you have money But when you have knowledge sometimes isn't enough to get You the money you seek or the life you seek, um, sometimes, uh, we have, uh, yes So we do have a call. Assalamu alaikum Assalamu alaikum Hello, assalamu alaikum Assalamu alaikum Wa alaikum, assalamu rahmatullah So yes, the the question for today, sorry for that, uh, the question for today, the guys in the control room They're they're speaking to me. Uh, but yes, uh, so the question for tonight is would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be Knowledgeable go ahead I would rather be knowledgeable Sorry Hello No, I would rather be Okay, so Uh, huh. Okay. So that's good. Would you mind telling us why? So the call was disconnected. Uh, we do advice to call again, but yeah, I mean you'd rather be knowledgeable That's your opinion. That's good, bro. Uh, but yeah, Alhamdulillah But yeah, so the first caller for today says he would rather be knowledgeable. Uh, Alhamdulillah Now the second break Sorry, the sec. Why why why do I keep on saying second break? Uh, but yeah, the second name that we have Sara Hussain Sara Hussain Uh, she's saying I would rather be knowledgeable because attaining knowledge can sometimes get you into a nice university We'll get you a very nice degree. Uh, she is a doctor herself. Alhamdulillah, And she's making a ton of money. Alhamdulillah, it's good. You let us know. Uh, but yes, uh, so A lot of people are saying that Someone said that money can get you and everything. Um, a lot of people also said, uh, that wealth Can get you a lot of things and knowledge can get you. Uh, and we do have another caller Zaynab from arab Salamu alaykum. Hello. Salamu alaykum. Welcome to tonight's topic and the question for tonight is Be knowledgeable because third knowledge you can gain wealth and you can gain everything else But with wealth you can have wealth, but you can't really you won't have time To attain your knowledge because you're busy with guarding your wealth Sorry, can you just repeat the last sentence? With with wealth So Uh-huh Okay That's great. Would you elaborate more on that? Most people when they're granted what they're gonna So they start guarding it. Mm-hmm. They don't really care about knowledge and everything else So when you have knowledge you can gain wealth You can get any uh go through steps to getting to to getting to wealth. Yes So I from on my opinion, I think knowledge is more important than wealth So knowledge is more important than wealth. Okay. Um, that's that's a good view point But at the end of the day, everyone is entitled to their own Viewpoint, but yes, we do thank you very much For sharing your opinion with us. Uh, and letting us know Why you thought knowledge was more important the wealth And of course to summarize What the other commenters the people who sent the messages and also The people who called us as well. They said Knowledge Is more important than wealth and we've got one person saying That wealth is more important than knowledge because you can get any education and education right now isn't cheap Education right now you're looking at As minimum As what six thousand seven thousand dollars Depending on the university. Um, that's if you're a citizen of that country and if you're a foreigner you're looking at 15 plus, uh, but yes Uh, we do thank you very much as you say for calling us uh tonight. No problem. Thank you very much now, uh, we go back To statistics and we go back To what scholars have said, uh about wealth and knowledge now We also have Other commenters, uh as well, uh, we do have, uh, brother Saqif, uh, we do have brother Saqif, uh from the uk. He's saying I would rather, uh, Both choose both because both, uh, will make you richer and will make you more knowledgeable So both of them at the same time, uh, will help you a lot. Um, that's a good solution You know be in the middle, but sometimes you can't be on the fence. Sometimes you have to, uh, We have to choose Aside, but we do have another caller, uh from india zakari. Asalaamu alaikum Wa alaikum asalaam brother Uh, now, uh, welcome to the show once again, zakari also called in the previous episode as well I'm guessing uh that he called in the previous episode, but yes, um, so, uh tonight's question is Would you rather be wealthy or would you rather be knowledgeable? Everyone said knowledge, but Be honest Well, this is an interesting topic. I would say knowledge is wealth. For example, education system We need to Achieve, uh merit through knowledge. Yes, get it or the other options you buy a seat Right. So knowledge actually helps you protect knowledge protects you while you have to guard wealth And over time wealth decreases if you keep spending on it But the more you make use of knowledge it increases And what you get through wealth appears as soon as well disappears But what you achieve through knowledge will just remain even after you And the very common thing is, you know, if you're too rich you you're arrogant Yeah, that kind of gets you a lot of enemies But if you're knowledgeable you get a lot of friends you get appreciation people are there to follow you Knowledge is the only kind of wealth that multiplies When you do it away, but wealth money gets over as you keep spending on it So if you want to be a humble person, I think you need to achieve through hard work and that's through knowledge The lot of cases where wealth Has made people arrogant the rich brats around the world who use wealth and instead of uh, you know being of mediation of serving people They they kind of misuse it Knowledge is something which is more powerful than wealth and knowledge will get you wealth That's a good viewpoint. Thank you wealthy over time Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Zachariah For your opinion, we do have another person who said knowledge is more important than wealth Because knowledge can get you in a lot of places and we do respect that at the same time You never know whether you have the money, you know, or If if these two if if they were on the line, you know, I'm million dollars Or you can be the most knowledgeable person in the world Which one would you choose, you know for me sometimes Isn't Depends on the situation really if you're trying to be rich Okay, if you're trying to be knowledgeable, it's okay as well. But at the same time Um, you know, it's it's a bit hard to choose which one, you know When the money isn't laid out right there a lot of people would say wealth Sorry would say knowledge, uh, but when the when the when the money is laid down Some people might change their mind, but inshallah inshallah May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala keep everyone firm on their decisions. Um, but Uh, I think we're having, uh, moosa that called earlier said, uh, sorry the connection wasn't that great But I would rather choose Knowledge and he cut the phone. But yeah, he would rather choose knowledge and Uh, sorry. Yeah, he would rather choose knowledge. Uh, because knowledge Um, can really get you everything you need whether islamic or scientific All of them are, uh, acceptable as well. Thank you very much moosa for commenting and calling tonight But yes, I mean in every segment inshallah in in in every episode, uh, the first segment will be based on statistics, uh, will be, uh Scientific sometimes will be economic, uh, and we'll try to focus on, uh, more what really, uh advances and and develops us Uh, but the third segment also, uh, will be the viewpoints of granded ayatullah. Uh, said sadaq ash-shirazi, uh, and Um, the viewpoint of the channel, uh, as well. Uh, now, uh, the One time a person came to al-Alih m-tadab, al-Alih islam, uh, and he said, uh Oh commander of the faithful, what should I gain knowledge or wealth? Imam al-Alih islam said gain knowledge because the collection of knowledge, the gaining of knowledge is more profitable than gaining wealth Now this is I mean mumin al-Alih islam al-Alih who's saying this now the man then asked About the benefits of gaining knowledge, uh, compared to wealth and the imam replied. He says knowledge Over time Money over time, uh, decreases and the importance of knowledge increases, and that's absolutely true because we do so, we do see the currencies from time to time dropping and then get knowledge, uh, whoever is knowledgeable, uh, his respect, uh, to his nation Or from his nation is at the same level if not, uh, uh, higher, uh, if it does, if it does not increase at the same time Now Al-Alih islam then said, uh, you protect wealth while knowledge protects you and that's 100 correct We're so scared that where our money is going, uh, we do budgets and stuff just Just not for us, you know, just to spend extra money. Um, we we try to limit ourselves We're scared that someone might take our money. We keep our money in the deepest pocket, uh, the last uh, pocket in our belt in our, um, wallet just for someone not to rob us and we're always looking around However, knowledge Protects you and also protects your money as well because if you're working for a corporation if you're working, uh, for A specific my watch is nice Uh, but yeah, if you're working for a corporation or for a business, um Uh Yeah, I was cut off right there. Uh, but yeah, if you're working for a corporation or business, um You have to know your rights and if you don't know your rights sometimes you can be eaten Your right can be you can be deprived of your right And we always see that in movies when someone doesn't know the right and then they either get fired Or they didn't sign up for the retirement program or something like that. Um, so you always have to be safe That's why you need to be knowledgeable now, um I'm I'm talking about he says Knowledge can help you in making money But money cannot buy knowledge This is true and uh, a lot of people might think that why why why can't money buy knowledge because honestly, um, When you're a high school dropout, uh, you need to continue Uh, your education in order to Get knowledgeable. Um, so You can't just buy a degree So you need to go through the same path That the knowledgeable person went through and maybe he became or inter maybe he stayed as a scholar. Uh, but yes Now this is the hadith of i'm a part of alaihi salam Now an elaboration by granate. Allah shirazi Sayyid sadaq al shirazi on this point He says know that the aim the ilm or knowledge Signifies the fundamentals of religion and the provisions of islam its ethics and guidelines and guidance to those who go astray And knowledge that does not benefit its owner draws him or her far away From the almighty Allah and this is absolutely true. Uh, because uh, at the end of the day, uh, One can become knowledgeable. Um through wealth and others can become Knowledgeable, uh, or they can become wealthy through Knowledge, we would like to we would like to thank you very much For joining us tonight. This show is live every monday wednesday and saturday 11 p.m. Karbala time Your comments were very beneficial. Uh, your calls were also very beneficial telling us why uh, we sometimes might have an idea about knowledge But we don't know, uh, what to do with it. The callers did Some of them did actually tell us why? Instead of saying knowledge and that's it. But yes, thank you very much for calling tonight. Uh, and also Uh, we are live every uh, monday wednesday and saturday once again live On facebook and live On tv as well as you can see right now. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. Wassalamu alaikum.