Business & Trade – Hadith Answers

The virtue of farming and planting

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Is this Hadith authentic?

عن جابر، أنّ النّبيّ صلّى الله عليه وسلّم دخل على أمّ مبشّر الأنصاريّة في نخل لها، فقال لها النّبي صلّى الله عليه وسلّم: من غرس هذا النخل؟ أمسلم أم كافر؟ فقالت: بل مسلم، فقال: لا يغرس مسلم غرسا، ولا يزرع زرعا، فيأكل منه إنسان، ولا دابّة، ولا شيء، إلا كانت له صدقة.

Another narration regarding usurping a small amount of wealth

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What is the authenticity of the following narration?

لو أن رجلاً له ثواب سبعين نبياً وله خصم بدانق لا يدخل الجنة حتى يرضى خصمه

Another version of the narration regarding earning a livelihood

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What is status of following narration?

إن من الذنوب ذنوبا لا يكفرها صوم ولا صلاة ولا جهاد وإنما يكفرها السعي على العيال

Remembering Allah Ta’ala in the marketplace

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Is this narration authentic?

Whoever remembers Allah in the markets once, Allah will remember him a hundred times.

‘Ali’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) statement regarding women in the marketplace

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Is this narration authentic?

‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said, “Do you not grow jealous! When you let your wives walk among men and see each other!

The punishment for usurping a small amount of wealth

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What is the authenticity of the following narration?

يؤخذ بدانق قسط سبعمائة صلاة مقبولة ، وتعطى للخصم

The illegitimate child does not inherit from the father

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Is this a Hadith and what is the reference?

“Any man who fornicates with a free woman or a slave woman, then the child born from zina does not inherit, nor is it inherited from.”

An unreliable narration regarding wealth and poverty

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Is there a narration that says if you own less than 60 000 you are a pauper?

A person’s decreed portion of sustenance will definitely reach him

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What is the authenticity of this Hadith?

“If the son of Adam escaped from his livelihood as he flees from death, his livelihood would still reach him as death reaches him.”

A person will be cast into Jahannam together with the haram wealth he spent in avenues of good

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What is the source of this Hadith?

من اكتسب مالا من مأثم فوصل به رحما أو تصدق به أو أنفقه في سبيل الله جمع ذلك جمعا فقذف به في جهنم

Spending haram wealth on noble causes will still result in sin

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Is this narration correct?

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Whoever earned money from forbidden sources, then freed from it, and joined ties, that will still be insistence on sins.”

Nabi’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) advice regarding sustenance and seeking rizq through halal avenues

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Is the following Hadith suitable to quote?

ليس من عمل يقرب إلى الجنة، إلا قد أمرتكم به، ولا عمل يقرب إلى النار، إلا قد نهيتكم عنه، لا يستبطئن أحد منكم رزقه ان جبريل عليه السلام ألقى في روعي أن أحدا منكم لن يخرج من الدنيا حتى يستكمل رزقه، فاتقوا الله أيها الناس، وأجملوا في الطلب، فإن استبطأ أحد منكم رزقه، فلا يطلبه بمعصية الله، فإن الله لا ينال فضله بمعصية

Riba/usury will always end up in poverty and humiliation

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Is the following Hadith recorded in Musnad Ahmad authentic?

“No matter how much interest you have it will decrease.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith: 3753)