humans, some of them are a means of reward, some are a means of punishment, and some are merely permissible; for which there is no reward nor punishment nor will one be taken to task regarding them. However, if someone performs a permissible act with good intentions, then he will be deserving of reward, and if he does it with an evil intention, then he will be deserving of the punishment of Hellfire.

Similarly, there are also three types of greed: 1) Good greed 2) Bad greed 3) Permissible greed, but if there is a good intention in this type of greed, then it will be become good greed, and if the intention is bad, then it will become bad greed. (Hirs, p. 13)

If, with the will and mercy of Allah Almighty, one has the desire for performing Salah, fasting, Hajj, Zakat, Sadaqah, recitation of the Quran, Zikr, reciting Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہُ عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ, seeking knowledge of Islam, maintaining ties of kinship, taking care of others, giving the invitation to righteousness, and performing other good deeds, then such greed is praiseworthy. If one has a greed for eating, drinking, sleeping excessively, accumulating Halal wealth, building a good house for himself, receiving gifts, wearing elegant clothing, and other such things, then such a greed is Mubah (permissible).

If, Allah forbid, due to falling for the tricks of Satan and the Nafs, one has a greed for bribery, stealing, unlawful glancing, doing indecent acts, being attracted to beardless attractive boys, fame, praise, watching movies and dramas, listening to music, using intoxicants, gambling, backbiting, making false accusations, taletelling, cursing, having evil presumption, searching for faults in people and exposing them, and committing other sins like this, then such greed is bad, Haraam and sinful.

Which greed should we adopt?

Dear Islamic brothers! All three types of greed are before us, now we need to ponder as to which greed we have within us? We have the