{"id":14103,"date":"2016-07-25T05:14:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T05:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2018-02-05T05:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T05:05:38","slug":"halaal-livelihood-and-barakah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=14103","title":{"rendered":"Halaal Livelihood and Barakah"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Discourses of Hazrat Moulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi \u2018alaih)<\/strong><\/p>\n

To do business is not haraam. In fact it is very virtuous. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said: \u201cTo earn a halaal (lawful) livelihood is compulsory after the completion of other faraaidh (obligatory duties).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In another hadeeth, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said: \u201cGlad tidings (of Jannah) are for that person whose income is pure (halaal), his interior and exterior is good and he does not cause any harm to people. Glad tidings (of Jannah) are for that person who practices on his knowledge, spends his excess wealth (on the needy) and does not engage in useless talk.\u201d<\/strong>

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So earning a halaal livelihood is 100% deen \u2026but certainly not the way we are doing it at present. \u2026What are we really chasing after? Our rizq (sustenance) is muqaddar (predestined) and it is chasing after us. Allah Ta\u2018ala wants to give it to us easily but we want it the hard way; so it comes like that. \u2026And if a person falls into the traps of haraam and into unlawful and deceptive dealings, the barakah is all lost and problems prevail.<\/p>\n

Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowadays we work seven days a week, from 7 to 7. If we don\u2019t work like this, then we make our staff slog in this manner. We have no mercy, no sympathy and no compassion for them \u2013 no thought that they have families \u2013 parents, wife and children \u2013 and they need to spend some quality time with their families, that they too are human and need some rest.<\/p>\n

We like to spend time with our families on weekends. We take a rest and even go on holidays. But when it comes to our staff, then sadly we do not like the same for them. Even if they are sick, they are forced to come to work because we do not allow them sick leave or we will cut their pay. Such injustices and grievances are brought to our attention time and again. \u2026This is due to the greed we have. This is the result of hubbud-dunya. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said: \u201cThe love of the world is the root of all evil.\u201d<\/strong>[2]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The hadeeth shareef mentions clearly: \u201cWhoever has faith in Allah and the Last Day, then let him meet his end while he treats people the way he would love to be treated.\u201d<\/strong>[3]<\/strong><\/p>\n

In another hadeeth, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said: \u201cNone of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself.\u201d<\/strong>[4]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if you open 24\/7 \u2013 365 days a year, only what is destined for you, will reach you. It will not be anything more! It will not be a single cent more than what Allah Ta\u2018ala has already decreed. May Allah Ta\u2018ala grant us the understanding because we have lost all perspective of the Aakhirah (Hereafter) in our pursuit for dunya. It is an obsession. In the process, we make zulm on our employees. Often it is the curses of the mazloom that sometimes tears our lives apart, because Allah Ta\u2018ala promises to assist the oppressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to giving other advice, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would caution his Companions who were deputed as governors: \u201cFear the pleading prayer of a wronged one (mazloom), for there is no veil between it and Allah.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a proverb: \u201cBeware of the sigh of the oppressed when they pray; Divine acceptance readily greets them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sukoon and Barakah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Change the pattern of work. Work in the obedience of Allah Ta\u2018ala and you, yourself, will see how much of sukoon (tranquility) and barakah (blessings) you will experience. All the stress, anxiety and depression will disappear. At present, we ourselves are suppressing and oppressing our souls. The physical body has got a soul. The soul wants to rise and wants to connect with Allah Ta\u2018ala and become a true lover of Allah Ta\u2018ala and Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam). We are suppressing and oppressing that soul. When there is suppression and oppression of the soul, depression will then follow.<\/p>\n

All the money of dunya cannot buy the happiness and peace of the heart and soul. When we give the soul its sustenance and nourishment, which is taqwa[5], then Allah Ta\u2018ala gives sukoon. Even in the midst of problems, we will still have sukoon \u2013 like a rose blooming amidst thorns. Then there will be no evidence needed to see the sukoon in the person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Learn Business the Islamic Way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hazrat \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) would not allow a person to engage in any business or trade until he had learnt the rules and regulations which governs business in Islam. Learn the Islamic way of doing trade and business. Make the business sharee\u2018ah compliant.<\/p>\n

Look at how the Sahaabah-e-Kiraam (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) did business. It was neither a diversion from Allah Ta\u2018ala nor from deen. Their tijaarah was \u2018ibaadah. Their business and trade brought so much of barakah. As an example: Hazrat \u2018Abdur Rahmaan bin \u2018Auf (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), who is also one of the \u2018Asharah Mubasharah[6], would say, in explaining how successful Allah Ta\u2018ala had made him: \u201cIf I lift a stone, I find gold and silver beneath it!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

They did not pursue the dunya. No. They pursued the Aakhirah and sought the pleasure of Allah Ta\u2018ala in everything they did. So Allah Ta\u2018ala made their sustenance extremely easy and blessed them in their earnings, because their business and trade was in accordance to the demands of sharee\u2018ah.<\/p>\n

In any effort to earn dunya, deen should never be considered as secondary, or be given the back seat \u2013 so to say. Deen should always take precedence and be our main concern. Our work and activities of dunya must conform to deen and sharee\u2018ah. Deen is the nucleus, or the heart and soul of our lives.<\/p>\n

May Allah Ta\u2018ala inspire our hearts in His obedience, grant us the understanding of the reality of this worldly life and the realization that we need to pursue the Aakhirah instead of the dunya \u2013 since it is the Aakhirah that is everlasting while the dunya will be left behind very soon. May Allah Ta\u2018ala grant us the taufeeq of \u2018amal.<\/p>\n

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\n[1] Tabraani<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n[2] Mishkaat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n[3] Al-Mu\u2019jamul Kabeer #10370<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n[4] Saheeh Bukhaari and Saheeh Muslim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n[5] Taqwa: Piety\/abstinence and restraint from that which is haraam (forbidden).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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[6] The ten (famous) Companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), who were given the glad tidings of Paradise in one sitting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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