A Reflection on Trend of Rendering Irrelevant Making Lawful Money and it being Correlated to the Evil One. (Aoudhubillahi minal shaitanir rajeem)

 

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

What are the categories of "Rich" that the Holy Scriptures of the Abrahamic Faiths, generally have profound warnings about? There are 4 categories of The Rich to be concerned about:

1. Insulting towards innocent of poor and faith
2. Injurious towards the innocent of poor and faith
3. Reminders of their generosity towards the innocent of poor and faith
4. Oppressive towards the innocent of poor and faith
5. However, generally "Does not include" the Rich and Philanthropic towards the innocent of poor and faith.  

Technically by the 1st 4 above it does not matter if they have $10 in the bank of $10+ billion they can be declared rich on the Day of Judgement.

With the main reason not to be declared rich on the Day of Reckoning or Day of Judgement is pertaining to a powerful lesson coming from Al Masihu Isa ibn Maryam (as) concerning "Not until the camel can pass through the eye of a needle" (The Scriptural references renders conclusively that "needle" is referring to a sewing needle and not a needle between mountains).

These are also the 4 categories of The Cancellation of Charity to be concerned about (reference same notecards above):

1. Insulting towards innocent of poor and faith
2. Injurious towards the innocent of poor and faith
3. Reminders of their generosity towards the innocent of poor and faith
4. Oppressive towards the innocent of poor and faith

There are 4 categories of Murderer to be concerned about:

1. Murder of innocent and/or of Faith is murder. Unless they are guilty of shedding blood through the land or spreading mischief through the land
2. Anger {or Hate} of innocent and/or of Faith can be murder through the ruin of them.
3. Calling an Idiot {or Defamation} of innocent and/or of Faith can be murder through the ruin of them.
4. Cursing which is (Lainat, Suhr, Jibti, Taghuti aka "Secret Arts" (which has beneath its umbrella: Medium, Psychic, Magic, Sorcery, Witchcraft, Spellbinding, Spellcasting, Tarot Cards, Communications with the dead, unclean spirits, evil principalities, cohabitation with Jinns in home but also in bodies (in Surahtul Jinn), etc. But also must be careful of using, because they'll lead to harvests...in addition to them being under the umbrella of possessive principalities: Najwa, Ikraha, Gharrar, Zalima.

So, when speaking to others and each other in the Deen we have to beware of these things. But especially beware of giving the evil one(s) licenses and rights over other believers. It is advised to stick rigidly to what Allah (swt) has spoken in His Holy Words against and concerning the evil one(s) while seeking refuge with Him (swt) at the mention of its name. Aoudhubillahi minal shaitanir rajeem. If you ever study the Khateebs at Mecca and Medina they have rarely used the controversial Hadiths assigning the evil ones to fellow believers attending the Jumuah services or watching the broadcasts on their televisions. 

Some of the very respected Khateebs who are like this have been:

1. Sheikh Abdul Muhsin Al Qasim (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
2. Sheikh Salaah Al Budair (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
3. Sheikh Saud Ash Shuraim (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
4. Sheikh Maher Al Muayqli (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
5. Sheikh Khalid Al Ghamdi (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
6. Sheikh Saleh Aal Taleb (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
7. Sheikh Maher Al Muayqili (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
8. Sheikh Saleh Bin Humaid (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
9. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Sudais (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
10. Sheikh Usamah Khayaat (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.) 

But there is one that might pronounce upon the Jumaat the Hadith of "The 3 Knots Curse" and I will not mention his name.

Prophet Malachi (epbuh) delivered from Allah (swt) some very powerful statements from Allah (swt0 on the "Burdens of Conveyance" for the Priests, Religious leaders, etc. in the Kitab. This is information that is worth noting in giving Testimony about Him and His Holy Words and in "Attestations (to vouch for)" which are, by the way, one of the definitions of Zakaha in addition to Charity and Purification, and, as mentioned under the commemoration of Dhul Kifli (Prophet Ezekiel (epbuh)) Zakaha is "The Primary Law of the Temple (Zakaha, Ikhlas, Tauhid, Ihsan, Yaqeen, Taqwa), as well as the Heavens as expressed in the Holy Quran that, "those who blaspheme (or ascribe partners to Him) are as if they had fallen from Heaven and been snatched away by a flock of powerful birds or a powerful wind to a far off distant land". But going back to Zakaha it is on the foundation of Shifa or Healing. Purification is a building block of Healing and we've just explored that with Nabi Al Yasa or Prophet Elisha (epbuh) when he healed Naaman the Leper in the Jordan River and how a shortage of water can breed Najas which breeds Disease which can led to Leprosy. The Burden of Conveyance passages are:

Next few are referencing some points made in first paragraph.

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

The biggest enormity of "inert" Classical Conditioning founded by Nabi Sulaimon (epbuh) in Proverb against rewarding good with evil is coming from Surahtul Saba (Chapter of Sheba) in "Prolonged Journey Stages". No gains, rewards for working good causes the person to not be able to? Rest or get to their necessary rest stations and rest periods. Classical Conditioning being made inert is to make doing good futile and a Sisyphean Condition and Nabi Sulaimon (epbuh) in his Wisdom from Allah (swt) saw the deep problem with that. Evil will never leave that because that implicates a reward system for evil, while good will never come back because it has no rewards and no rests. 2 notecards right above this paragraph. This has a lot to do with "Conveyance".

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

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When it comes to Dunya versus Akhira

Aoudhubillahi min al shaitanir rajeem.

Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajeun

Ash Shahadu an La Ilaha illa Allah

Wa ash shahadu an Muhammedan Abdul Allah Wa Rasul Allah

As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh my dear respected (believing Muslim friends) brothers and sisters in Al Islam

Hasbuna Lahu Wa Nimal Wakil

When it comes to Dunya versus Akhira, I look at it like the old adage, "Don't put all of your eggs in one basket." Or the analogy (which Allah (swt) has asked us not to do analogies, but) of having one foot in the Dunya and the other foot in the Akhira. Why should the Muslim attempt to stand that way?

My thoughts are that our efforts each day should be 50% for managing affairs of this life and 50% for managing affairs for the next life. When we look at Surah 7 Ayah 169, the last sentence of the Ayah says, "But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?" If I just say this to a believing Muslim but I understand what Allah (swt) has said in other places of the Quranul Kareem would I actually be showing care and concern for that believing Muslim? That sentence in isolation would make a person shirk their responsibilities and abandon any previous engagements or obligations. Because that sentence by itself is saying put all of your eggs in the Akhira basket, and since we cannot determine when our life in the Dunya will end some may neglect their duties to take care of themselves properly in this life. And that, in fact, fulfilling obligations and engagements are indeed Commands from Allah (swt) and thus acts of ibadah (worship) to Him. This then makes managing our affairs of this life properly to be good deeds on our Scales for the next life. Please enlarge the graphic below with the architectural building for evidence (Ayats).

Money is not only required for a lavish or opulent lifestyle. Money is required for a modest or moderate lifestyle as well. Money is required just to maintain whatever quality of life the person has. That would be maintenance without making improvements...it takes money to do that. It takes money to heal properly...to adopt dietary practices that would be a healing for a person that has illnesses. Let's say that I want to plant some herbs in my garden. That takes money: to buy the house with enough lot size to plant an herb garden. But you also need to exercise and sometimes some illnesses must be sweated out of the body. It takes money to get the exercise equipment and or sauna put into the house that you purchased with enough lot size to put in a medicinal herb garden. I cannot clap my hands and make that appear and none of that is lavish or opulence.

Allah (swt) has said that if we are weak and oppressed to move ourselves away from oppression. But we also must not move somewhere where we are substituting one oppression for another. Furthermore He (swt) said that if they do not do this He'll throw them in Hell for not moving away from oppression. So there is a duty to not be poor, weak and oppressed in the land. In addition Allah (swt) said that there will be a people being marched into Hellfire and He will order them to be stopped and will ask them, "What was the matter with you that ye did not help each other?" Hell, for not being of help to one another. Well actually, He said that they were Zalimun but in addition they did not help one another. Sometimes there are some of us that need to either heal or get free from oppression, poverty and/or weakness.

We cannot cultivate desperation, poverty and scarcity. I mentioned below that Allah (swt) will ask a couple of questions through His Angels. 1. What was the matter with you? Why didn't you help one another? 2. What was your plight on Earth? Was not My Earth spacious enough to move yourselves away from evil? Allah (swt) does not want us cultivating evil, wickedness, rebelliousness, desperation, poverty or scarcity. Breeding desperation leads to Zalim (wrongdoing, injustice, oppression, darkness of sin, etc.) And we learned from Nabi Yusuf (epbuh) about warding off scarcity. Nabi Yusuf (epbuh) practicing the avoidance of scarcity in black graphic. So, I have added to this 2 more graphics. 1 on desperation. 2 on harvests for sowing the seeds of injustice (Zilm, zalimat). But also must be careful of the sowing of Tawwakul to an extreme and certainly be careful of excessive Asceticism. Tawwakul is good. Essentially means to ask Allah (swt) for what you need. But it becomes haram or bad if the scholar makes you feel like trade between Muslims is in violation of Tawwakul. Like, "No don't ask anyone for help only ask Allah (swt)." It is True that such a Law does apply for the Wicked in a Proverb or the Rejecters in Ali Imran 56. I will leave those as well.

So when it comes to Akhira versus Dunya we have a duty to be of help to one another's understanding. We have a duty to remind each other of the Holy Verses to be of help to one another. We have a duty to traffic and trade by mutual goodwill between one another. If you are giving some of that money to Armani, Tiffany, Cartier, Bugatti, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Ferrari, etc. that is your freedom of choice. There really is nothing wrong with buying from those who are the best craftsmen in an industry, and we should not compel others unless we want to be compelled ourselves. Thus, we have to leave people their freedom with their own resources so long as they are not harming innocent others. We don't want to cultivate compulsion like we do not want to cultivate possessions by evil principalities.

We know what Allah (swt) is saying, however, in these Ayat below. The duty is there. The sentence is clear. The person is free to do what they desire for themselves but Allah's position on it won't change. Sure there is no compulsion on the rich to be helpful and that same leniency must be shown the poor. If we are hands off when it is beneficial to them then must be hands off when harmful for the poor, oppressed and weak Muslim. The case of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Cat (which does not include those rightfully imprisoned amongst creatures and humans) is an example of oppression through negligence. Without the Dunya how else to stack good deeds to return to the Akhira? Without money how to give in Charity to those who need? Click to enlarge any of these graphics if they are difficult to read.

[7:168]

We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us).

[7:169]

After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to God anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?