Muiz Bukhary – Are Your Business Dealings Dipped in Sin – Pre-Ramadan Wake-Up Call!

			Mila here Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala Nabina Muhammad wa ala
alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. I begin by praising Allah Allah Allah mean the Lord of all was the
exalted the majestic, and we asked him to send his choices to blessings and salutations upon
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, his family members, his companions and every single
individual who sincerely embraces the Prophet ik path, with a flawless with sincerity until the end
of time. As usual, I begin by reminding myself to enjoy a life of Taqwa.
		

			And then the congregation as well.
		

			But the stark reality is that every single week, we are reminded about this
		

			in English in Tamil. What is the reminder, instill taqwa, instill taqwa, instill Taqwa. But
unfortunately, for most of us, it's just from here and outside from there. Why do I say this? What
is the COA
		

			in a nutshell,
		

			taqwa all believers, is to be conscious, is to be aware
		

			that Allah is watching every single action of yours. Allah is Aware of every single statement of
yours. Allah is Aware of every thought that crosses your heart that crosses your mind. Allah is
Aware of every glance of yours, of every word that you utter.
		

			But today
		

			if we look at what's happening in the marketplace,
		

			if we look at what what's happening with our businesses, it's quite contrary My dear brothers quiet
contrary, falsehood has become the order of the day. Lying without batting an eyelid has become the
order of the day,
		

			earning impermissible income.
		

			Today, nobody even flinches. nobody even thinks twice.
		

			Let me give you
		

			again, a stark reality. Look around my dear brothers. Once upon a time,
		

			we dominated most industries. But the reality today
		

			is that
		

			we are delusional. We still think that oh, you know what?
		

			We dominate. But Allah has taken it away from us.
		

			Now reflect why?
		

			Because if you look at the generations of the past, your father's your grandfather's, your great
grandfather's, they conducted themselves a certain way. They were upright. Their word meant
everything to them. But today, for a few measly
		

			hundreds and 1000s and millions, we are willing to let go of our honor. We're willing to let go of
our dignity, we're willing to let go of our word.
		

			We are willing to completely forget about the concept of Taqwa. We're willing to completely sideline
Allah subhanahu Attallah, the one who gave you the wealth in the first place, the one who gave you
the money in the first place.
		

			And sadly, we're willing to compromise our Allah Hara, our Janna, the pleasure of Allah for a few
hundreds and 1000s for a few millions. You know, it's very funny.
		

			The way people conduct themselves today.
		

			They promise this where
		

			they say, Oh, it costed me this much. Whilst in reality, you don't have to expose your your costing
so long as you're not trying to rip off the other person. But it's interesting how the cost is
factored as well. The way the cost is calculated, it is manipulated left, right and center. And on
top of that defective products are being sold. defects are not highlighted. They're not said but
instead they are covered up.
		

			They're covered up and the product is sold and so and so individual would go home happy Oh you know
what I made a profit of X amount. I made a profit of this. I made a profit of that. Not realizing
that perhaps in quantity in number in you
		

			Your books, you may be recording prophets, but the baraka is being stripped away, stripped away, and
the trials of Allah are coming your way. The tests of Allah are coming your way. And now you're
wondering, Why am I being tested like this? Why is my money being spent like this? Why this
challenge? Why that challenge? What's not realizing that these are the repercussions of
impermissible income of impure income, you are waging war against Allah or believer? How dare you?
How can we wage war against Allah? Allah Rabbil Alameen the Lord has money made you that arrogant?
has money made you that arrogant? Has your wealth made you that arrogant? And interestingly, today,
		

			if you look around the reality is not even real wealth. People are drowning in debt this much, but
they want a flashy lifestyle. They're drowning in debt,
		

			stressed out drowning in debt.
		

			This has become the reality of our community, and this is worrisome.
		

			What is the trend? Compare this with how your fathers lived? How your grandfather's lived, your
great grandfather's lived, I'm not saying not to live a good life, live a good life, but live an
upright life. They lived upright lives when writing a check. They thought so much when they gave a
word it was their word.
		

			But today, it's slipping away from our fingers. It's slipping away from our hands.
		

			But yeah, Brothers and Sisters in Islam. Look at the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
aalihi wa sallam.
		

			hadith is in Miramichi, you will not be able to move on the day of the AMA.
		

			Until you answer to Allah for every penny that you earn. And for every penny that you spent, how you
want it, how you spent it on what did you spend it, you're not going to be able to budge. Today.
When we think about editing our books, it's a headache. If we are called for some kind of an
inquiry, we're stressed out. Think about standing in front of Allah subhanho wa Taala you can't
manipulate your books. You can't doctor your books. You can't doctor your accounts. You can't lie.
Allah on that day you will have to answer. So does that not make us believers shudder? Have you not
filled? I mean, Have we become so hard hearted or have we drifted away so much from the reminders of
		

			the Quran and the Sunnah, that we don't care anymore. We don't care anymore. They'd be willing to
lie. We'll be willing to we're willing to do whatever it takes to earn something.
		

			This is sad, extremely sad.
		

			And I you know, you've still not understood the gravity of the repercussions. The profits that
Allahu alayhi wa sallam, he talks about an individual making dua
		

			and here we are, mashallah dressed so beautifully. Taken a lovely bath, fresh and ourselves and
become for Joomla are all smart and raising our hands because each and every one of us we have to
ask to make we have a child who is sick. Our marriage is on the rocks. We are in debt. We are we
have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Our parents are ill.
		

			Our spouse is ill. Our children are rebellious. Our children are not obedient. Our children have
turned their backs against us. Everything in the House of Cards is coming tumbling down. And we rush
on our ombre to go by the Kaaba and raise our hands we come to the masjid and we raise our hands but
what is the messenger saying? The same thing the Prophet says this man will raise his hands. Yara
Yarrabah making dua but
		

			martime who haram mashallah boo haram, Mel vessel who haram would he have been haram for Anna used
to jab hula
		

			his clothing is haram. His drink his food is haram. His drink is haram he's basically entirely
bellowing in Haram and by the way don't misunderstand this now you might be thinking or chef is
talking about eating haram but I don't eat pork. I don't eat pork so I don't come under that hadith.
		

			Whatever acquired from impermissible income is not pure My dear brother media system. If you lie it
and made a profit and you're nourishing your family with it, it is impure income.
		

			If you sold a defective product knowing that there is a defect in it,
		

			you lied
		

			You covered it up and you gave it it is not impermissible. It is not. It is not pure income.
		

			You gave a word and you went against your word. You have lied and not one lie. Why when you lie once
now you have to lie 100 times to cover that lie, one lie after the other. It's snowballs. It's
snowballs. blows out of proportion. So much to the extent that the Prophet also tells us that it
becomes like, you know, like flicking a fly, we don't care anymore. Now, you just lie, like keep
lying.
		

			So what you earn through that is impure.
		

			And now you nourish yourself, you lovingly feed your wife with it. You feed your children with it.
		

			And now you raise your hands. Yeah, Allah, Allah. You come and you pray sincerely.
		

			The Prophet asks for an Eustacia Bula. How will his do as be answered? How will this do as we
answered and we are wondering Yala, why am I was not being answered. Every year I go on camera as
much as I can. I'm going on Hajj, but my eyes are not being answered.
		

			What was the nickname of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam my brothers. Think about it. What
was his nickname?
		

			El Amin. What does Allah mean mean? Was it just a fancy nickname? That people gave him?
		

			The nickname El Amin was given because he was the trustworthy one.
		

			Today,
		

			people think twice about giving money to a Muslim, Allahu Akbar. Look at how we have tarnished the
religion, how we have tarnished the brand image of a Muslim. Today people are willing to give money
to people of other faiths because they're more trustworthy.
		

			Muslims know we are crooks, scammers, liars, fraudsters, this is what we have earned. Now. What are
we doing then? How are we following Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And where are the reminders
of Taqwa going them.
		

			And now, if you're wondering, oh, we're seeing people of other faiths, they have suddenly started to
live good lives.
		

			I'm not talking on behalf of all of them, because I don't know how they're earning. But if you're
generally a good hearted person, you're not lying. You're trying to earn as ethically as possible
because they don't know what is halal and haram. But they want to stay away from falsehood they keep
to their word, and they want to earn as ethically as possible. They are blessed in this world,
because that is the Promise of Allah. When you give sincerely Allah will give you many fold. When
you earn pure income, Baraka is infused in it so you might not see millions in quantity. But the
literal that you have, you will be able to do amazing and powerful and long reaching things. It will
		

			have a positive impact on your life. It will have a positive impact on your children, it will have a
positive income on your generations to come.
		

			If you look at Circle Kev
		

			I don't know whether I spoke about the story last week in this masjid or it was another mistake.
		

			But Musa Ali salat wa salam, and Cadair there is a view that he also was a prophet of Allah or he
was an angel.
		

			To such powerful individuals were sent by Allah to protect the wealth of some orphans.
		

			And you know, in the books of CFC, they mentioned because Allah says in the form of Acana whoo hoo
masala. Now why was it protected the isas because their father was a righteous person. Now pause
there for a moment, because their father was a righteous person, Allah sent a prophet. One view says
to prophets, if there was a prophet to prophets, to protect that man's wealth for his children, or
Allah sent a prophet and an angel to protect that man's wealth for his children, Allahu Akbar, why
because he was righteous, and today are we not concerned we are concerned that oh, you know what we
want to protect our wealth for children.
		

			But if you go down the path of impermissible and tainted income, it's not going to last My dear
brothers, it's not going to last.
		

			It will be stripped away.
		

			If you want your wealth to be protected, if you want your empires that you have built to be
protected, turn to Allah stick to that which is permissible stick to that which is Bill STOP LYING
stop compound
		

			maizing on your word, stop resorting to unethical standards, the standards have been lowered so
badly. Let us work the month of Ramadan is coming about let's actually work towards the change each
and every one of us. Let's work towards living up to our word even if it costs us, let us be known
to be such individuals that even if it costs them, their word is their word, Allahu Akbar.
		

			Let us strive towards that My dear brothers and sisters, otherwise our communities, we're not going
to flourish, Allah is going to keep testing us
		

			and the tests of Allah, we cannot withstand them. Subhan Allah, we cannot.
		

			So I hope you take this reminder seriously.
		

			The reminder
		

			that
		

			if you are upright, you're going to be rewarded. But on the other hand, the repercussions are very
severe as well. In terms of the reward, why do you think the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
spoke about a Tagil Assad IK? The truthful businessman, the righteous businessman, you know who he
will be with?
		

			If you have not heard of the Hadith, take a wild guess. Who do you think he's going to be be with
the Prophets words, or Shuhada was slowly honed, he's going to be with the marches. And the
righteous individuals, a businessman and entrepreneur. Why?
		

			Because he strove so hard to be truthful, he strove to be on high standards. He's going to be raised
with the shahada with the martyrs who gave their lives for Allah, he's going to be raised with the
salah Hoan with the righteous individuals. So if you are a businessman,
		

			strive for that standard aspire for that, my dear brothers, Don't lower your standards. Don't give
in for me is Lee worldly prophets, this dunya. This dunya is not even equivalent, or what? The
mosquitoes ring, my dear brothers and sisters take that into comparison, not even a mosquitoes ring.
akhira is our destination don't compromise on your akhira for this measly worldly life, you and I,
you could die the next minute, you know, every minute, every second.
		

			Almost two people die every second. Two people die. Go check the statistics. Two people die in the
very next second. I'm going to conclude now in the very next second. It could be me it could be you.
And then what? Are you going to take your wealth with you? Are you going to take your mansions with
you? Are you going to take your cars with you? Are you going to take your bank bank balance with
you? I'm going to take your watches with you. No. So let's get our priorities straight. You can live
a good life but don't compromise your akhira for this dunya I conclude May Allah subhanho wa Taala
bless each and every one of us and open our hearts to understand this. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			save our community from going to the dogs I mean, may Allah subhanahu wa ala help us to aspire to
higher standards to become the to jar to become the merchants and the businessman that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam envisioned us to become may he help us to stick to our words and our
promises. May he help us to stay away from that which is haram that which is impermissible, that
which is tainted. May Allah subhanho data help us to purify our wealth. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
help us to calculate our zakat properly and give our zakat out properly to the deserving recipients
may Allah subhanho wa Taala help us to give as much sadaqa as possible. May Allah bless our
		

			businesses protect our businesses for us and for generations to come. And just as how he united Sen.
This message may unite us in the gardens of Jana, with Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa early he was
Selim and I mean I'm in Wakanda and in hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen so that more or less