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Good and bad greed
The summary of what is stated in volume 3, part 16, page 609 of Bahar-e-Shari’at, is as follows: It is Fard upon a person to earn that much which is enough for himself, his family, those whose expenditure is necessary upon him, and to pay off debts. Moreover, earning enough to suffice poor parents is also Fard. After fulfilling this Fard, it is up to him if he suffices with that or earns more to save for the future. The Mustahab (desirable) case of earning is that he earns to help the poor or his close relatives; this is Mustahab (desirable) and more superior than voluntary worship. If he earns with the intention that his honour and respect will increase by having more wealth, without any arrogance or pride, then earning this much is Mubah (permissible). If the purpose of earning more is solely to amass an abundance of wealth, or involves arrogance and pride, then it is prohibited. (Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 5, p. 348, summarised)
Dear Islamic brothers! No doubt, avoiding greed completely is impossible as it is a part of human nature, but it is possible to transform bad greed into good greed. In order to abstain from bad greed:
* Supplicate in the court of Allah Almighty to be able to abstain from greed
* Focus on the harms of having greed for wealth
* Adopt patience and contentment
* Control your wishes
* Trust your Merciful Lord and adopt a moderate approach in your expenditure
* Don’t have long hopes
* Remember death
BOOK TOPIC
- Virtue of sending Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Good and bad greed
- Intentions of listening to Bayan
- An important point
- The tongue hung down to the chest
- The consequences of bad greed
- Greed and desires destroyed him
- What is greed?
- Types of greed
- Which greed should we adopt?
- The greed of humans
- The greed of humans has no end
- Extremely greedy and miserly
- The splendour of greed
- The misfortune of having greed for wealth
- A greedy person’s god
- The desire for a long life
- Not all greed is bad
- Ways of avoiding greed
- The desire for worship
- Increase your greed for good deeds
- Siddeeq-e-Akbar’s fondness for worship
- He offered Salah in a wounded state
- The Martyrdom of Usman during the recitation of the Quran
- Sayyiduna Ali’s fondness for worship
- Adopt good company
- Finance department
- Causes of bad greed
- Incorrect upbringing
- Three remedies for protection against the greed of sins
- Methods of avoiding greed
- Sunnahs and etiquettes of travelling
- Announcement
- 1. The Salat upon the Prophet for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 Portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 5. Nearness to the Distinguished Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- 6. Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to attain intercession
- Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 1 April 2021
- Remaining Sunnahs and etiquettes of travelling
- Du’a to be recited upon hearing the crowing of a rooster
- Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Madani In’amaat)
- Method of collective reflection (72 Pious Deeds)
- Daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of Qufl-e-Madinah
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
