AS-SIRAAT AL-MUSTAQEEM

Hadith

SAHIH AL-BUKHARI No.2796

And Sunan Tirmidhi
 
Any earning that involves corruption, dishonesty, cheating fraud - it is haram and forbidden for Muslims.
 
\"Whoever has Taqwa of Allah, He will make a way out for him\" (Surah Talaq:2).
 
It gives enough boost and confidence faith, and optimism in the hearts of all Muslims striving to adopt a pure, Islamic lifestyle, and to benefit their society as responsible citizens. 
 
Allah (SWT) says, dishonesty removes all blessing from livelihoods; it takes away Allah\'s Mercy and brings poverty. 
 
The Qur\'an deals with 2 terms: 
 
Haq (Right) - honest means of income,
 
Baatel (Wrong) dishonest ways of making money.
 
2: 183-187 deals with fasting. (follow)
 
2:188 - ignore this!
 
\"And do not consume each other\'s wealth illicitly.\" 
 
These illicit practices were one of the down falls of the Jews. (4:161).
 
Illicit practices financial practices: 
 
Cheating; fraud; bribery; embezzlement; hoarding; dishonesty; etc. 
 
Must obey the law of land UNLESS it prevents you from practicing your faith! 
 
3 signs of a hypocrite:
 
1. When he speaks; he is false; 
2. When he promises, he fails;
3. When he is trusted, he plays false.
 
Deceitfulness and fraud are things that lead one to Hell! 
 
So money gained through unlawful means is positively unclean and if spent then does great harm to himself. 
 
\"if a person earns or acquires anything through dishonest means and then gives away a part of it to charity, his act if charity will not be accepted; and if he spend from it on his needs there will be no blessings or real prosperity in it, and should he leave it behind to his family and on his death it will serve as hell\'s provision. Believe it, God does not erase evil with evil (one impurity cannot make it pure).\"
 
ALLAH is pure and only accepts what is pure. 
 
The Prophet narrates a tradition:
 
\"A man who undertakes a journey (to supplicate Allah and arrives at his destination in such a state that he is covered with dust; he throws up his hands towards the heavens and cries out, \"O Lord! My preserver, but his sustenance is impure and he has been brought up on what is polluted; how can his prayer be granted when such is the case?\"
 
So, prayers no longer remain worthy of being answered. 
 
\"The flesh gathered on one\'s body by means of unclean earning deserves to be thrown into Fire\". 
 
So, even a single penny earned dishonestly leads to Fire!!!!
And Sunan Tirmidhi
 
Any earning that involves corruption, dishonesty, cheating fraud - it is haram and forbidden for Muslims.
 
\"Whoever has Taqwa of Allah, He will make a way out for him\" (Surah Talaq:2).
 
It gives enough boost and confidence faith, and optimism in the hearts of all Muslims striving to adopt a pure, Islamic lifestyle, and to benefit their society as responsible citizens.

Thursday 21 Nov 2024