Fariq Naik – Why did Allaah not Make a Muslim the Richest in the World
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The richest man in the world is Mukesh Ambani, and the wealth of rich men is also important. The success of those who believe in weightless words is crucial, and good businessers should look at their end result. The success of those who have good deeds is crucial, and peace and happiness for those with good deeds is crucial. The success of those who have good deeds is crucial, and good businessers should look at their end result.
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Why is Mukesh Ambani the world's richest man?
Why has Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made
him so rich, given him so much wealth,
despite Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knowing that
he does not believe in him?
Is it not injustice to Muslims who are
true followers of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
Why did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not
make any Muslim the richest man in the
world?
What is the reason that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala has given so much grace to
Mukesh Ambani?
Why does not any Muslim have so much
wealth in comparison to Mukesh Ambani?
Mukesh Ambani, he is rich.
Many billionaires in the world, they are rich.
They have wealth.
But does this wealth bring true happiness and
satisfaction?
Majority of the billionaires, majority of the rich
people in the world, they do not lead
a happy life.
They do not sleep peacefully.
They have numerous problems.
When we look at the rich people in
the world, we think that it is like
a bed of roses.
We think that they lead a very peaceful
and satisfactory life.
But many of them, they have numerous problems
and they do not even sleep peacefully.
They do not lead a happy life.
They have to worry and think about so
many things as far as their wealth is
concerned, as far as their property is concerned.
So just because a person is rich or
a person is wealth, that does not bring
happiness.
Wealth and money, it does not bring true
happiness.
If we look at the richest men in
the world, according to the Forbes, the third
richest man is Jeff Bezos today in the
year 2022 currently.
His wealth, his net worth is 156.6
billion dollars.
156.6 billion dollars.
This is net worth.
And he is a divorcee.
What is the use of your wealth when
you cannot even have one wife and you
have divorced your wife?
And many a times in the Western countries,
when you divorce your wife, 30%, 40%
of your wealth, it is given to your
wife.
Imagine you earn all this wealth and 30
% or 40% of your wealth, it
goes to your divorced wife.
The richest man today, according to the Forbes
list, is Elon Musk.
His net worth is 270.8 billion dollars.
How many times is he divorced?
Once, twice.
He is divorced three times.
What is the use of your wealth when
you cannot have one wife and you have
divorced three times?
And I'm not talking about the number of
girlfriends the richest men in the world have.
So we think that these rich people, they
are leading a happy life.
They are satisfied, but they have numerous problems.
Many of the richest people in the world,
they are afraid regarding their safety.
And many of them, they travel with bodyguards.
So that's the reason we should realize that
what is the true richness?
What brings us happiness?
And a true believer is always satisfied and
happy with the blessings that Allah has bestowed
upon him.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
said, it is mentioned in the Hadith.
And in fact, before I mention the Hadith,
I would like to mention an example.
There is a list of the richest people
in the world.
And number three is Jeff Bezos.
Number two is Elon Musk.
Who is the richest man in the world?
The person who offers two rakah of the
Sunnah of the Fajr prayer.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
said that the one who offers two rakah
of the Sunnah of the Fajr prayer, it
is better than the world and the wealth
in it.
But unfortunately, we do not realize the importance
of this Hadith.
Many a times, many people, they look at
the rich people in the world and they
do not realize that if they do certain
good deeds, it would give them happiness and
satisfaction.
The person who offers two rakah of the
Sunnah of the Fajr prayer is better than
the richest man in the world.
The person who has Iman, who has faith,
who believes in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is far superior as compared to the richest
man in the world who does not believe
in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Because the Muslims, the believers, those who believe
in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, they will
have success in this world as well as
the next world.
Those people who disbelieve in Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala, they will not have ultimate success.
They may be successful for a particular time
period in the life of this world, but
in the home of the year after, they
will not be among the successful people if
they die in the state of disbelief.
So that's the reason we Muslims, we should
always be grateful to the ni'mah, to the
blessings that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has
bestowed upon us.
The person who has Iman, it is the
greatest blessing that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
has given this individual.
We Muslims, Alhamdulillah, we have been blessed with
Iman.
We have been blessed with faith.
And if a person, he is rich for
a particular time period when he's doing the
project, during the project, he may be rich,
but he may earn this money through bribing
to cheating.
But at the end of the project, he
becomes bankrupt.
So what is the use of his wealth?
At the end of the project, he is
bankrupt.
So a good businessman looks at the future
prospect and he looks at the end result.
At the end of the project, at the
end of his business, at the end of
a particular deal, what would be his situation?
And a good businessman would not barter the
life of this world for the home of
the year after.
A good businessman who knows the importance of
the afterlife, he would not barter the life
of this world for the home of the
year after.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
said, it is easier for a poor man
to go to paradise than a rich man.
Because the poor person, if he does not
have wealth that reaches the Nisaab level, he
does not have to give Zakah.
As far as Zakah is concerned, he gets
100 out of 100 in Zakah.
The rich man, he needs to give Zakah.
He'll be accountable if he does not give
Zakah.
He'll be accountable of the money that he
has, of the wealth that he has.
Where did he spend it?
Did he spend it in halal ways or
did he spend it on something that is
haram?
He'll be questioned by Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala for the wealth that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala has given him.
Many a times we say, Pity he is
a poor person.
It is easier for him to go to
Jannah.
In this life, he may be poor, but
in the home of the year after, it
would be easier for him to enter into
paradise.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
what did he leave behind?
Did he leave behind wealth?
Did he leave behind money?
Did he leave behind gold, silver?
What did he leave behind?
He left behind a legacy.
Non-Muslims, even non-Muslims, they revere and
praise our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
him.
Why?
Because our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
him, he was known for his character.
He was known for his behavior.
He was known for his simplicity.
He was known how he dealt with other
human beings.
Non-Muslims as well revere and praise our
beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
We Muslims, we have been blessed with Islam.
So whenever we look at a person who's
rich, at a person who's wealthy, we should
not be ungrateful to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala, but rather we should be grateful to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And if we want to have success in
this life and the next, then we should
draw ourselves closer towards Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
Draw ourselves closer towards the glories, Quran and
authentic teachings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace
be upon him.
And if we draw ourselves closer towards the
glories, Quran and if we draw ourselves closer
towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we will
find true peace, happiness and satisfaction.
That's the reason the Muslims as a whole,
they are the most happy people in the
world.
The people of the other faiths, they do
not have the true happiness.
We Muslims, we have the true happiness because
we have been blessed with Islam.
We have been blessed with faith, which is
the greatest ni'mah that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala has bestowed upon us.
So we should realize what is richness.
And even if a person, he is wealthy,
it does not bring true happiness.
The true happiness is if we have faith
in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And if we have faith in Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and if we love Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, then we will be
successful in this world as well as the
next.
I hope that answers your question.