Tag Archives: Wealth

January, 2018

• 22 January

  Do not visit the wealthy regularly

  Question Is this narration authentic? أقلوا الدخول على الأغنياء فإنه قمن أن لا تزدروا نعم الله عز وجل
• 18 January

  Tolerant rulers are a sign that Allah intends good

  Question What is the source, and authenticity of this narration? Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “When Allah intends goodness for a people, He appoints over them their most tolerant ones; their Ulama decide their disputes, and He bestows wealth to their generous ones. And, when Allah Ta’ala intends ruin for a people, he appoints their foolish to rule them; …
• 16 January

  Look at those who are less well off than you

  Question What is the authenticity of the narration regarding looking at those who have less wealth than you when seeing a wealthy person?

December, 2017

• 19 December

  Punishment for not discharging Zakah

  Question Is this narration authentic? ما من صاحب كنز لا يؤدي زكاته إلا أحمي عليه في نار جهنم فيجعل صفائح فيكوى بها جنباه وجبينه حتى يحكم الله بين عباده

November, 2017

• 28 November

  What truly belongs to man?

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: The son of Adam [boastfully] says: “My wealth, My wealth. [What truly] belongs to you except what you consumed, or wore something and wore it out or what you gave as sadaqah and sent [the reward] ahead?”
• 27 November

  A du’a of Dawud (‘alayhis salam)

  Question What is the reference of this du’a? اللهم إني أعوذ بك من غنى يطغي، ومن فقر ينسي، ومن هوى يردي، ومن عمل يخزي Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ghinan yutghi, wa min faqrin yunsi, wa min hawan yurdi, wa min ‘amalin yukhzi
• 3 November

  Learn your lineage so that you may join family ties

  Question Can this Hadith be quoted? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Learn about your family lineage and roots so that you may join family ties, for family ties brings love in the family, increases one’s wealth and brings barakah to/increases one’s life”

October, 2017

• 10 October

  ‘It has not been revealed to me that I amass wealth and be a trader’

  Question Is this authentic? ما أوحي إلي أن أجمع المال وأكون من التاجرين ولكن أوحي إلي أن فسبح بحمد ربك وكن من الساجدين واعبد ربك حتى يأتيك اليقين

September, 2017

• 8 September

  A person will be recompensated for whatever he spends on Hajj/’Umrah

  Question I would like to know if there is a Hadith stating that whatever you spend for the purpose of ‘Umrah or Hajj, you will be recompensated for it?

August, 2017

• 14 August

  Two attributes that lead to a man’s destruction

  Question What is the reference for this? يهلك الناس في خلتين فضول المال وفضول الكلام

April, 2017

• 29 April

  Discharging zakah wards off evil from one’s wealth

  Question What is the reference for this narration? إذا أديت زكاة مالك فقد أذهبت عنك شره Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “When you have discharged your zakah, then you have warded away its evil” [i.e. the wealth will be protected, he will receive barakah, spend it in avenues of good and it will not be transformed into a serpent …

January, 2017

• 24 January

  Wealth is a cause of destruction

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Certainly gold and silver coins destroyed those before you and they will also be a cause of your ruin”

April, 2016

• 28 April

  Desire for wealth and fame causes harm to one’s Din

  Question What is the authenticity of this narration? “Two hungry wolves roaming freely among sheep are less destructive to them than the desire for wealth and fame is to a person’s religion”