EARN YOUR AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD'S NEEDS BY WAY OF HALÂL

It is an act of jihâd to earn your and your household’s needs by way of halâl. It brings more thawâb (blessings, rewards in the Hereafter than do other acts of worship. One early morning Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ and his blessed Sahâba were talking, when a strong youngster walked past them on his way to his shop. When some of the blessed Companions said that he would have been wiser to join them and learn a few things instead of going to work that early to earn a few worldly things, Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated, “Don’t say so! If he is going lest he should need others and lest his parents and family should become needy, every step he takes is an act of worship. If his purpose is boasting and luxury, the devil will keep him company.” A hadîth-i-sherîf reads: “If a Muslim earns by way of halâl and without sinking into a needy position and also helps his neighbors and relatives, he will be as bright and as luminous as the full moon on the Rising Day.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf reads: “A tradesman of high integrity will be among siddîqs and martyrs on the Rising Day.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf: “Allâhu ta’âlâ loves a Believer who practises a craft.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf: “The most halâl thing is what a craftsman earns.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf: “Engage in trade! Nine-tenths of rizq is in trade.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf: “If a person lets himself sink into a position to ask for alms from others, Allâhu ta’âlâ will degrade him so distressingly that he will be in seventy different kinds of need.” 

[Let enemies of religion feel shame against these hadîth-isherîfs! Let them desist from their attempts to misguide the younger generations with casuistries such as “Islam has prevented us from trade, from arts, from improvement of individual’s productive capacity, and from making progress in the field of economy!”]