Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi.
Aoudhubillahi minal shaitanir rajeem.
ASA WR WB to believing Muslim friends.
When I look at a vid title against making money, I might first think it's Anti-Yusuf (epbuh) if it is not balanced with reason and logic. The Anbiya are essentially against doing it to the max. Living life to the max. But with Hikmah we can see they are against living life to the min. Because that breeds desperation and crime. They are all Yusufian (as one Fellowship of Prophets) and for living life to the Opt or Optimum or Optimus. We should love to talk about Allah and the Deen, but we also have to balance that with fulfilling obligations, engagements and emergencies or just the preventative measures for emergencies, that we may see are upon us, often times as it pertains to financial, medical, etc. concerns. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
Why no interest in speaking out against Crypto currency as a quick get rich scheme (using a Proverb as included) that undermines the US dollar, or against the surge in sports gambling, or against the trend of drug and alcohol use? Or against the idea of Colonizing Mars by Baqarah 267? Or against magic mentioned further below in Hadith of Nabi Muhammad (saws) regarding some eloquent speech? Or why not instead of going to the poor and telling them to stay poor go to the rich and encourage them to give to the poor, like the mindsets of countless Prophets of Allah (epbut) did in the past? Why does it seem like unmeasured excessive asceticism would be driving in reverse? The "Preach Clear Message" Ordinance from Allah (swt) is better than pure gold. Thus, "better than pure gold" is also on the Kalimat of Allah. Corrections is the pathway to Life and the Book of Illiyin. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
But what is the Oath of Service to Allah (swt) asked by the Messiah of the Disciples that Nabi Muhammad (epbut - and upon the faithful mentioned) asked us to emulate? Why I keep repeating this is because of the value in not causing someone visiting a House of Allah (swt) that someone there causes to slip out of because that host did not keep these functions in the forefront of their thoughts and may have themselves slipped in doing the anti-thesis of all or some of these things.
- Taught True Faith
- Healed the sick
- Cast out evil principalities
- Were a mercy to the poor
- Fed multitudes of people
- Performed Miracles
#Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
The video then references the evil one being affiliated with excessive pursuit of money and the moral rot and ethical decay that ensues, and to be honest the scholars have an outstanding point. But I have to inject the hash tagged word balance after every paragraph of this post just turned blog entry. #Balance along with Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean. Yes, it (the evil one) can come at people for lavish, opulence, palatial and being a spendthrift but (that word balance again) it comes at desperation also, that is further reflected in Nisa 97 (image further down). That when it is later going to be imperative to be able to answer stern Angels about your plight on Earth and any subsequent bending to Zalim due to desperation. You see how there it heads to Jehanum. See? #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
It is not like we did not see what Allah (swt) spoke against being spendthrifts. Many of us do not push the verse out of consideration for the wealthy. A scholar would basically corner a person into mentioning an Order like against spendthrifts by shutting down natural pursuits of the provisions and bounties of Allah (swt). #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
Does not Allah (swt) ask us to move ourselves away from evil, weakness, and oppression? Then what are those? Why did God speak against Oppression of the Poor by the Poor or Oppression of the Poor by the Rich? Why is there a category of resisting Faith in Allah (swt) called Zalimun? What is oppression? Is it a religious topic? Why is it something that God mentioned? I include the Ayats on these. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
But Allah (swt) kind of also gives us an Ordinance to seek of His (swt) bounties after Jumuah Salaat. That means it is lawful to make money and maintain yourselves and responsibilities. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
In Anfali 72-73, Allah (swt) is asking us here to learn best practices from other groups. Don't get caught up too much on use of word Kafirun & go too judgmental rather than observant. So, for example, the S. Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, & most other people extend trade ties to transact with other nations but to the benefit of their own people. Muslims have to be this way. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
Otherwise, each person's loss is their own, and there is the learning as fools are taught or Mujahilun. #Balance Live life to the #Optimus and #GoldenMean
More related blog posts.
Blog post: "The Rich. The Poor. The Laws and Lessons of Ibadah from The Anbiya. The Scales and The Deeds which Prepare us for...The Death and The Day."
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-rich-poor-laws-and-lessons-of.html
Blog post: "Continuation of Blog Post to Spread The Salaams. Not The Curses." {Has more nested blog post links. Must assign or send more Allah (swt) to us here of Afro-Am Muslims and less shaitans. Aoudhubillahi.}
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2024/02/continuation-of-blog-post-to-spread.html
Blog post: "Reflection on Why Hindering is One of the costliest of sins" {With Ibadah expanded to include productivity and righteousness (salihat) in the land, as well as study and education (darasat), then the penalties for hindering expands to these areas as well.}
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2020/06/reflection-on-why-hindering-is-one-of.html
Blog post: "An Expanded Reflection on Hindering. This Nuance is Worth Visiting This Topic Again in the Same Day."
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2020/06/an-expanded-reflection-on-hindering.html
Blog post: "The Holy Scriptures on Productivity for Spiritual Health"
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-holy-scriptures-on-productivity-for.html
Blog post: "Addendum to Previous Note on Productivity. You should like this one, and what I petition Allah for in it."
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2018/08/addendum-to-previous-note-on.html
Blog post: "Law that God is Above all. The Prayers of Poor/Oppressed, Orphans, & Widows. Purification’s Importance. Rich & Poor in Proverbs." {Has more nested blog post links.}
https://workandtheotherwork.wordpress.com/2025/04/12/law-that-god-is-above-all-the-prayers-of-poor-oppressed-orphans-widows-purifications-importance-rich-poor-in-proverbs/
