Human Greed

A story about human greed …

There is a story about a Chinese emperor, who once rewarded a man with a favour.
The emperor told the man: “Whatever land you can cover by foot, I will gift all of that land to you.”
The man kept walking and walking …
He covered a huge distance, but instead of being satisfied and going back, human greed kept him going, to earn even more land!
He kept walking … until he died of exhaustion…….

The Prophet said:
لَوْ أَنَّ لاِبْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَادِيَانِ، وَلَنْ يَمْلأَ فَاهُ إِلاَّ التُّرَابُ
“If Adam’s son had a valley full of gold, he would like to have two valleys – indeed, nothing fills his mouth except dust.”
[“Sahih Bukhari”, 6439].
https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6439