Sign of the Hour: Financial Income From Doubtful Sources
Creator: Siddheeque M. A. Veliankode
Date: 2007-08-11
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Language: en
Rights: © 1998 Dar al Khuzaimah
Subject: judgementday
Title: Sign of the Hour: Financial Income From Doubtful Sources
Created on: Sat Aug 11 09:39:26 -0400 2007
Updated on: Sat Aug 11 09:39:26 -0400 2007
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Abstract: ... 36 users rated this article 3.98 out of 5 Most Popular Every Muslim is required to examine carefully his income sources to ensure piety and freedom from all types of prohibited transactions and doubtful matters. If a person's religious sentiment is weak, he will fall into doubtful ways of earning money. This will eventually lead to ways that are clearly prohibited. Nowadays many do not care about their source of earning, whether it is halal or haram. The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said: "Verily, a time will reach the people, when the believer would not be concerned how he earned money, whether from Halal or Haram." (A sound hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad) Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala said: "And do not eat up property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bribes for the judges, with intention to eat up a little of (other) people's property wrongfully and knowingly." (Al Baqara, 2:218) Besides the three primary physical needs of man, which are apt to make him greedy, there is a fourth greed in society, the greed of wealth and property. The purpose of fasting is not completed until this fourth greed is also restrained. Ordinary, honest men are content if they refrain from robbery, theft, or embezzlement. Two more subtle forms of greed are mentioned in the verse. One is where one uses one's own property to corrupt others - judges or those in authority - so as to obtain some mate... [Full Article...]
