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Chirya aur Andha Sanp | Sparrow and Blind Snake
Is it bad to be wealthy?
Every rich person is not bad, and every poor person is not good. If the heart of a rich person is free from love for wealth, his wealth does not make him heedless of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and he fulfils all the Shar’ī rights of his wealth, then he is certainly a good Muslim, however for a rich person to be like this is extremely difficult. Generally, the rich have more way to commit sins in comparison to the poor. Whoever has more ways to commit sins, it becomes more difficult for him to refrain from sins. In addition, whoever has more wealth in this world; he will have a greater burden of accountability in the Hereafter.
Being reluctant over an abundance of Ḥalāl wealth (parable)
Sayyidunā Abū Dardā رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has said, ‘I would not even like for my shop to be at the gate of the Masjid, so that business does not make me heedless of Ṣalāĥ and the Żikr of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Furthermore, I would not even like to gain the profit of 50 dinars from my shop every day which I would give as Ṣadaqaĥ (charity) in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! He was humbly asked, ‘Why do you dislike this (i.e. such easy, Ḥalāl, virtuous, abundant income)? He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ replied, ‘Due to the severity of accountability in the Hereafter.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 4, pp. 603)
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Dua for Reading the Book
- Table of Contents
- Sparrow and blind snake
- Excellence of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Allah عزوجل has taken responsibility to provide sustenance
- The benefits of being poor
- Definition of Faqr
- Nine sayings of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم on the excellence of Faqr
- Definition of being Rāzī [i.e. contented]
- Two definitions of Qanā’at (contentment)
- When Allah عزوجل loves someone, then…
- There was a stone being used as a pillow under his head (parable)
- Faqr (poverty) is the gift of love for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم (parable)
- An act that is more virtuous than giving one thousand dinars in Ṣadaqaĥ
- Your Du’ā is superior to my Du’ā (parable)
- An act that is better than a thousand years of worship
- The Du’ās of the sorrowful are answered
- Individual effort of A’lā Ḥaḍrat on a poor prince
- Excellence of hiding one’s needs
- Two fishermen (parable)
- More rich people and women in Hell
- Zakāĥ can also become Farḍ on a woman’s gold jewellery
- Not even a handful of flour at home, whilst you… (Parable)
- One should not complain
- 44 Causes of poverty
- Salvation from poverty
- Cure for poverty
- An excellent method of gaining blessings in sustenance
- Method of giving Salām in an empty home
- Is it bad to be wealthy?
- Being reluctant over an abundance of Ḥalāl wealth (parable)
- Sixteen examples of lies told by rich people
- 32 SPIRITUAL TREATMENTS
- 11 Spiritual treatments for poverty
- A unique invocation for blessings in sustenance
- Invocation to become wealthy within a year
- Method of making business successful
- For protection of wealth
- Invocation for a transfer
- For success in an interview
- Invocation for getting a job
- Protection from theft
- Cure for disinterest in business, job etc.
- Freedom from poverty
- 3 Spiritual cures for meeting a displeased officer
- For the sale of your goods, car, house
- If a person is lost then
- To open the doors of sustenance
- Cure for termites
- Protection from termites
- Deal according your wish
- Transliteration Chart
