Bilal Philips – The Best in Islam #05 – Business (Part 3 of 3)

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. I'd like to welcome you, their 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 and the tatoeba do come has Matten Allah Dahari Cairo, Allah Who men and yes, Allah
harden for your RTR, who are we 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 Muhammad Salah Salem 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. In 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 in one salad. And there are many occasions in which he has informed the Ummah that
one who begs without just cause will come before Allah 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 Hajj 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 the means to make Hajj 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, I'd 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 out 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 a pile, 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
these three conditions. 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 Muhammad, 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 haram.
His flesh which was grown from the food that he ate, was haram. How would Allah answer such prayers?
So, a person who lives in 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 subhanaw 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 Halal
		

			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 subhanaw taala he respects us. He is pleased with us, because each
and every member of society has a role to play
		

			lay in benefiting the society as a whole. So, the Prophet in this hadith make us peace and blessings
be upon him, has encouraged us to put aside our pride and take whatever job will provide a halal
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 regards to business, somebody comm Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.
		

			Money money money is hook up at the mention of money, bank accounts growing investments increasing,
but we there how are you getting all this money from? Either sources halal,
		

			or your dealings? Hala? Are you aware of the legislation's of transactions
		

			seem to be lost? Don't worry, we have just the right thing for you, money matters and Islamic
perspective on finance. An exclusive course on money matters in Islam, presented by Brotman Sudan
		

			this course is unique. Why? Because it will enable you to understand the prohibited transactions in
Islam whereby in Islam, the ruling of transactions affecting us in our daily lives. Examples home
low Carlos personal loans, credit car insurance, interest from banks, etc. Permissible alternatives
to prohibited transactions requirements for a valid sale contract and many more, to no more be a
part of this groundbreaking code and extract maximum benefit.
		

			From Qumran by workato 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 cost.
		

			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 Ben quoted the Prophet
sallahu wa Salam is saying after the dinar near the now rune Yun fipple Raju, Allah eyerly Er D now
rune Yun FIPPA Harajuku Allah. Bertie feasable Allah wa dinakaran Yun fipple Raju Allah as hobby
feasability la Allah azza wa jal the best of dinars is a dinar which a man spends on his family, a
dinar which he spent
		

			is on his horse in Allah's 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 is 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. Primarily,
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 Ummah, 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, the horse was the main, you could say
vehicle, it's 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, and 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, the satanic forces will constantly be
striving 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
grow
		

			pingas 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. So 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 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, maybe 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 it's 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 look O'Brien aku LUCAM must own 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 Ummah,
		

			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 are 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 ummah, of this nation of Islam. And we took earlier that Allah
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 Allah's Ronald 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. Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh