All thanks
be to Allah the lord of the worlds, and Peace and prayer be upon the most
honorable messenger, his family and all his companions. People; consider Allah
when dealing with yourselves, your families, in your work, your money. Always
consider him in what you eat and what you save for your selves for the other
life.
Earning
you living and seeking it out is something we are ordered to do in our Sharia.
It is that souls are naturally goes towards. For Allah had made the day for
earn the living, and made within it a plenty of time. Allah ordered us to walk
into earths’ terrain and be fed by what he provides for us. Allah in his book
made them peers those who make jihad in his name and those who go out to land
seeking his mercies. The messenger said “No better food is ever eaten by
anyone other than the food that person earns himself through work.”
Jesus may
peace be upon him was reported that he saw a man and said to him: “What do you
work at?” “I worship”, “and who supports you?” the man said: “My brother”. He
asked “and where is your brother?” “At the farm” he replied, Jesus said: “Your
brother is better at worship than you are.”
In Islam
too, worshiping is not to stand in line with your feet while someone else
earns your living and supports you. But, it is to start with earning your
living, secure it and then go for worship.
Omar ben
Khattab said “No place I would rather for death to approach me at, is better
than at a place of a market while shopping for my family, buying and selling.”
Referring to being busy at work. Good halal earnings make your money and
religion pure, protects your honor.
Allah is
good and graceful and he accepts only goodness and gracefulness.
One of the
benefits of true of belief is the gracefulness of the heart, virtuous hand and
a good tong. As good people die, as angles receive their souls they say to
them “Peace be upon you, Enter into paradise because of your good deed”
The
messenger PPBU said “He or she will enter paradise this that feeds on hala,
and keeps up a Sunnah, and people were safe off his harm”
He was
also reported saying: {There are four characters if you possess, it matters
not what you may have missed in your life, kept what he is entrusted with,
being truthful when spoken, good mannered and righteousness in what your eat}.
Seeking out Halal is an obligation upon a Muslim. Each and everyone, on the
day of judgment, will not be allowed to proceed until he/she is asked about
his wealth how he earned and in what he spent it. Make sure your earnings are
clean Halan and pure and the work is acceptable. So one will eat of Halal and
spends and give charity out of halal. When Abu-Bakr knew that something he ate
was taken through cheating, he put his finger in his mouth to force his
stomach take out that food. He said: “I would much rather that it comes out
even if it meant my soul would comes out with it. O’Allah I apologies for what
has already been consumed into my body”. One good lady said to her husband:
“Always consider Allah in what food you bring us, for we can put up with
hunger but we will not be able to put up with burning fire”
The
messenger said talked about absolutely needy man, who for a long time tried
many routs and method to unveil. Then putting his hands up asking Allah in
supplication: “O’Allah my God” but what he eats is from haram, and what he
wears is from haram and his flesh grew on haram, how could his prayers be
answered? So it is Haram that prevents his prayers from being answered.
What would
be left to an individual if his relationship with his Allah is severed, and
his call to Allah is blocked, and Allah mercy was not to reach him. Some say
it does not matter how much worship you do until you see what goes into your
stomach.
Eating
haram blinds your hindsight, debilitates your religion, hardens your heart,
darkens your thinking, burdens your senses from doing good deeds, makes you
fall into the net of this life, it blocks your duaa, and finally Allah only
accepts from those that fear.
Those who
feed on haram and feed their families and children on haram are promised
punishment. They are like those who drinks sea water, the more they drink the
thirstier they get. No little will satisfy them, and a lot will not make them
rich enough. They continue in earning more haram in more twisted methods.
Dealing in Reba (or interest), gambling, cheating or forcibly taking others
rights, dishonesty when weighing and measuring, speaking bad of others, using
magic and fortune-telling, unlawfully taking money from orphans’ or from those
who are under age, falsely giving oath, unlawful fun and time wasting, cunning
deceitfulness and betrayals.
All you
Muslim workers, business people, manufacturers, craftsmen and women, sales
people, agents, traders, subcontractors, professionals you all must watch out
for halal and haram, keep away from dubious or suspect situations on the edges
of haram. Keep safe other’s rights, do the work that you are meant to do,
fulfill your promises and your parts of contracts. Stay away from swindling,
delaying and procrastinating. Fear Allah.
Allah,
with your halal make us need not the haram.
Let our
obedience for you, make us never disobey you.
With your
generosity make us need not anyone else’s.
Do not
make this worldly life be our greatest worry.
Do not
make hell fire be our final destiny.
We ask you
that we be part of each mercy, and that we be destined from every sin.
Bless what
you have given us,
Shield us
from fire,
Allah,
make us amongst those whose prayers are answered.
