Bilal Philips – Business – Part 02

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			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. I'd like to welcome you dear viewers to another in our
series, the best in Islam. In this series, as you all know, or you should know by now, we are
looking at what Allah and His Messenger may God's peace and blessings be upon him, have said, with
regards to various aspects of human life, which are, in fact, from an Islamic perspective, the best.
So, in our previous session, we were looking at the best with regards to business.
		

			And we looked at a number of different Hadith from the Prophet, may God's peace and blessings be
upon him as well as some verses from the Quran. In this session, we'll be looking at another Hadith,
which is from Abu huraira, in which he quotes the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him
and saying that Ania
		

			Dooku has mutton Allah Hurry, Cairo Allahu Minh, and yes, Allah hadn't for your idea who I am not.
If one of you were to cut a bundle of firewood, and carry it on his back, then sell it to earn his
living, it would be better for him than begging from someone who may or may not give him.
		

			So in this Hadith, the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him further elaborates on the
importance of individual effort. We spoke before about the Prophet Mohammed Al Salam saying that one
of the best ways of earning after a blessed sale was that of a man or woman earning from the sweat
of their own brow, or from the efforts of their own hands, individual efforts. And this Hadith,
		

			the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him, stresses the importance of not earning one's
wealth, through begging that one, even to take a lonely job as cutting firewood, or cutting wood and
carrying the bundles of wooden ones back selling those bundles. And then living from that effort. It
is much better than begging others who may or may not give meaning you put yourself in a position of
being refused an embarrassing situation, etc. This is not
		

			pleasing to God.
		

			When a young man came to the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him and asked for
permission to beg. He refused him. He got him an axe or gave him money to go and buy an axe and go
and chop firewood and go and sell it. And there are many occasions in which he has informed the oma
that one who begs without just cause will come before a law with no skin on his face or her face. So
begging from an Islamic perspective is fundamentally Haram. It is not an acceptable way of life.
Some people in
		

			countries have made begging
		

			a way of life. It's easy. It doesn't require as much effort. You can find others in other countries,
making it a business
		

			on Hajj. You even have people who will pay to have their bodies deformed arms legs, and they will
come on hard because they know people who are going to make Hajj are very generous. They will give
when they see people who are in need. So they will set themselves in key areas where
		

			The Pilgrims have to pass. And there they would be sitting, lying, whatever, begging. And during the
Hajj, they would get large amounts of money. Some people would even hire them, and bring them over
to do that provide them with the means to make Hodge pay them something and they collect, it has
become a business. And it's something from the Islamic perspective, as being something which is
considered to be evil, the prophet, may God's peace and blessings be upon him, had actually given
some cases, he said begging was only allowed if one was following up on somebody else's
responsibility, somebody else had a responsibility, person died, they left the family behind, and
		

			you have taken on the responsibility of trying to help that family. So you beg in order to try to
help out that family, this is permissible. Also, if a calamity has taken place, this is a tragedy.
Recent tragedy, for example, in Nepal, many 1000s of people have lost their lives, people are now
homeless. And so under those circumstances, a person who may normally have been able to look after
himself or herself is now forced into the streets begging, you know, you find people, for example,
in Syria, suffering from the war have ended up in situations of begging or people who are just in
poor areas, then particularly poor areas, and they themselves are poverty stricken. Such people
		

			having no chance no means to provide for themselves beg. And once they are able to get themselves
back up on their feet, then they are not allowed to do so. And following after explaining these
three circumstances in which begging may be allowed, the Prophet Muhammad wa sallam went on to say
begging under other than this reconditions Oh cabeza, because he was speaking to a companion by the
name of cabeza is haram. That is is forbidden and the consumption of Haram.
		

			It is forbidden to take it.
		

			The act of taking it is forbidden, and what one eats from it, what one earns for oneself from it
		

			is also Haram. And that being Haram, meaning that it would affect one's life was correct one's
relationship with God, and it would affect one's life. Prophet Mohammed, may God's peace and
blessings be upon him. On one occasion, described the man on the desert
		

			was here was disheveled.
		

			And who was raising his hands up calling on God
		

			for help
		

			is on a journey.
		

			And these are all circumstances when a person prays and prayers are likely to be answered. However,
the prophet went on to say, may God's peace and blessings be upon him, that his earnings were hard
on his flesh, which was grown from the food that he ate was Haram. How would a law answer such
prayers? So, a person who lives this kind of lifestyle, you know, begging and earning Haram, eating
Haram, it means also that they have distanced themselves from the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
their prayers will not be heard. It will be rejected by Allah. So the prophet may God's peace and
blessings be upon him. Here emphasized on one hand, the idea of taking on any job. Some people when
		

			they lose a job, they will sit at home, expecting to find a job as good or better. But in reality,
those types of jobs may not be available, something similar to what they already had, and not be
available at all. So they just stay at home.
		

			They no longer make efforts. But this is not acceptable. We should never consider any job below our
dignity. We couldn't go on work because if we don't have a job, it is better to go and work at the
lowliest of jobs, in order to be able to earn halaal
		

			earn what is permissible and pleasing to God. So, when we consider our ways of earning, we should
never consider any job to lowly. Somebody in the
		

			Society has to do it. And even though people may not respect us because of it, Allah Subhana Allah,
He respects us, He is pleased with us. Because each and every member of society has a role to play
in benefiting the society as a whole. So, the prophet in this hadith may God's peace and blessings
be upon him, has encouraged us to put aside our pride and take whatever job will provide a Hillel
earning for ourselves and our families. And we should never consider begging, it is something to
avoid at all costs, it is only done in cases of emergency where there is need, there is no other way
in which to gain this amount of money, which is direly needed by members of the society or even
		

			ourselves.
		

			So, the viewers, we should always consider ourselves and our society, consider ourselves as part of
the society and playing a role in the functioning the building the running of the society. And we
should never shy away from playing that part. sitting at home, making dua for a job, instead of
going out and working is not acceptable. Making prayer at home is not acceptable. We go out and we
take whatever is available. Of course, there's no harm in trying to get a job similar to what one
had previously or better than, however, we should also be prepared to accept something less than
that. If that's all that's available. inshallah, we're going to take a short break, after which we
		

			will continue to look at further Hadith of the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him
with regard to business. So I want a camera to lie over cattle.
		

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Welcome back
		

			to our episode on the best in Islam, focusing in this episode on business. We began in our first
part of the episode, we were looking at the importance of taking whatever work is available instead
of begging
		

			that we avoid begging at all costs.
		

			The prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him,
		

			went on to speak about the best way that one should spend one's earnings. And this of course is
focused on males who are required to earn and look after the family. And so ban quoted the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam as saying after the dinner near dinner on June 5, oh Harajuku Allah, Allah for
dinner on June 5 Oh Harajuku Allah de batty feasability la dinero en un sipo Harajuku Allah as hobby
feasability Allah azzawajal the best of dinars is a dinar which a man spends on his family, a dinar,
which he spends on his horse in a lost path, and the dinar, which he spends on his companions, in
the last path. In this statement of the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him. He urges
		

			men, first and foremost, to use their earnings to look after their families. Of course, as a man, he
might have many other concerns many other things that he likes to do. He has many friends and others
who might be seeking help from him etc. But his primary concern his primary responsibility is to
spend his wealth on his family. This is the right of the family on him.
		

			It is his responsibility to provide for that family. It is their responsibility.
		

			To obey Him,
		

			to follow his direction, but it is his responsibility to provide for them. So, the best place in
which he can spend his money first and foremost is on his family itself. Then the prophet may God's
peace and blessings be upon him went on to speak about money spent in the way of Allah. Primary
feasibility law refers to fighting, struggling, battling, to protect the Muslim Ummah, when it comes
under attack,
		

			when Muslims are being harmed, we are encouraged
		

			to respond and to defend the oma defend the weak amongst us.
		

			So where a man spends from his wealth on his animal, of course, in those days, the main means of
transportation or means of attack, etc, was the horse horse was the main, you could say vehicle is
not really a vehicle, but the main means of movement. So the Hadith addresses the horse, however, it
is whatever one may use in the struggle in order to protect the oma. So the money which he spends in
this way, is the best among the best ways in which he may spend his wealth. But of course, priority
is looking after his family. The third,
		

			among the best ways to spend one's money is also to support those who are engaged in defending the
oma or defending the Muslim nation. The reason why the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon
him, had stressed on defense of the Muslim Ummah, in two out of the three options for the best mode
of spending one's wealth was because of the fact that the oma would come under attack. It did in the
time of the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him. It did after that time. And it
continued throughout the centuries until today, attacks would be launched against the Muslim Ummah,
in one area or another area. So not that Muslims are warring people, we like to fight, we like to
		

			engage in battle, we love the spilling of blood, this is not the case.
		

			The reality is that, because of the fact that what Islam stands for, it stands for submission of the
human will to God, the forces which are opposed to this, they say tonic forces will constantly be
thriving to overcome the truth that Islam has brought. So whether it is in the time of the prophet
may God's peace and blessings be upon him, the various battles which had to be fought, or the time
of the crusades, or the time of the Mongols, or
		

			our time,
		

			our time in which different parts of the Muslim world are under attack, Muslims in Burma, Myanmar,
rohingyas, suffering, having suffered for so many decades, continue to suffer,
		

			murdered, raped,
		

			killed,
		

			forced to see this is not something new, it has occurred throughout history. Because of that, this
reality, the prophet may God's peace and blessings upon him, he did stress the importance of either
on one hand for males to be engaged in defense of the Muslim Ummah, the truth of Islam, protecting
it, taking it to the ends of the earth,
		

			making it available and accessible to humankind
		

			or the
		

			being engaged in supporting those who are engaged in that. And this is what the prophet may God's
peace and blessings be upon him was emphasizing. So on one hand, and the two Hadees that we have
looked at. In this episode, we are encouraged to make efforts on the lowliest of levels.
		

			In order to provide for ourselves, instead of being on the streets begging, this is not an option
		

			for a Muslim who is capable of earning, regardless of how lowly this type of work may be, we should
never feel ourselves too proud
		

			to work and earn for ourselves and our families.
		

			On the other hand,
		

			the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him stressed that we should spend foremost Most
importantly, on our families. These are our responsibilities, we should take as good care of them as
we possibly can. If we as individuals don't fulfill this role, then it is put on the backs of
others. Others are then forced to provide what we ourselves should have been providing. And this is
not fair, and is not pleasing to Allah. So first and foremost, our earnings should be used in
properly looking after our families, because we will be asked about our families, as the prophet may
God's peace and blessings be upon him and said, Could Luke O'Brien aku locum mas una Andhra at each
		

			and every one of you is a shepherd, responsible for his or her flock. And, in concluding, the
prophet also encouraged us to defend the oma
		

			defend the truth of Islam, to be prepared to do so. To spend in order to be engaged in defense of
Islam, wherever it is necessary whenever it is necessary. And at the same time, if we're not able,
we're too old, we're too young.
		

			We're disabled or whatever, we cannot physically participate in that effort, then we spend to enable
others to fulfill that role, because the truth has to be defended. It has to be supported. This is
the responsibility of this oma of this nation of islam. And we took earlier that a law had said in
the Quran, we, Muslims are the best of nations. Why? Because we command the good. We prohibit the
evil, and we believe in Allah. And with that, we close this episode of the best in Islam, in which
we have looked at the recommendations of a last run of Allah and His messenger with regards to
business dealings, how we interact, and how we spend our wealth. We hope to see you in the next
		

			episode. Salaam Alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. See?
		

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