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Al Adil: ‘Health is Wealth’ a proverb that carries great meaning

I have faced a lot of challenging incidents in my life. I have escaped narrowly from the clutches of death four times. The fourth time I faced death was due to sheer negligence. In school days, we all memorise the proverb, “health is wealth”, but seldom remember those golden words in later life. I also made the same mistake of overlooking my health.

When my father retired from his business, he passed on the responsibility of managing Al Adil Trading Company and a couple of retail shops in Dubai to me. I was married then and had a happy family. I was enjoying life with a loving and caring wife and two adorable children. Somehow a grand ambition to expand my business captured my mind. In an