Yasir Qadhi – Islamic Paradigm of Greed

Yasir Qadhi
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The speaker discusses the importance of desire and being content with one's life, particularly in achieving wealth. They also mention the importance of living in a safe and safe land and belief in Islam. The conversation then shifts to a discussion about the Islamic paradigm and its influence on society.

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			Alhamdulillah All praise is due to Allah the one and the unique He it is whom we worship and it is
his aid that we seek. He fashioned Adam from clay and taught to man how to speak and he saved
mankind from the flood by causing North's Ark to rest on Mount Judy's peak. So to him alone belongs
all glory for he has no partner nor any sherek as to what follows know that Allah subhana wa Taala
has reminded us to be conscious of him. When he says in the Quran Yeah, you hold Adina Armando
Tapachula, haha to audit, Walter Mouton, Illa, one to Muslim one.
		
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			Dear Muslims, one of the most famous economists of the last century of our own lifetimes, Milton
Friedman, and name every single student of economics knows, he actually received the Nobel Peace
Prize for his work. He's one of the strongest proponents of Western capitalism. One of the points
that this mind that is considered to be one of the intellectual geniuses of our generation made, one
of the points that he brought up was that we need to according to him, D stigmatize greed. He said,
There's nothing wrong with being greedy, in and of itself. Greed, he said, is the driving force of
economic growth. Another senior analyst of Wall Street, somebody who became famous because he was
		
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			involved in the 2008 Wall Street crash, and in fact the movie was made about him. He famously
remarked, greed, for lack of a better word is good. Greed is
		
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			is right, greed works and quote, another famous professor of economics in Boston, wrote a highly
acclaimed book entitled The Spirit of Capitalism, in which the argument was made backed up by
evidence that the reason why some countries and nations are more successful than others is because
of greed, economic prosperity, this intellectual argued strength, it comes from greed. That is why
America is the superpower. Because we are taught to crave to yearn to desire, we are taught to be
better, we are taught to be competitive.
		
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			Now, such Frank sentiments are politically incorrect, because religion from time immemorial has
frowned upon greed. And even though it is rare to hear such blunt sentiments, the fact of the matter
is that the society we live in the capitalist economy that we find ourselves in the culture that
we're born into and raised in, it expresses this reality, even if it doesn't state it. And we
subconsciously absorb this paradigm, even if we don't state it and preach it. In our movies, in our
entertainment, in our social lives, in the experiences of our friends, we are indoctrinated to
desire things we don't need, and to need things we don't desire. This is the reality of our life,
		
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			when everybody has something we never wanted. We never thought about when everybody has it, we start
feeling deprived, I don't have it, something's incomplete, we might never have even thought about
it, we never saw a need for it. But this is the way our culture is heading. Hence, today in today's
culture, I want to remind ourselves of the Islamic paradigm of wanting and desiring of yearning, the
Islamic paradigm, so that we can understand our religion, our worldview is radically different from
the capitalist system we find ourselves in. And it is important we remind ourselves of this
constantly, because unfortunately, unless we do so we will become a part and parcel of everything
		
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			around us. And subhanAllah, it is interesting to note that every single spiritual philosophy, every
single faith tradition, has come unanimously condemning greed. In fact, in the Catholic Church, they
have seven deadly sins. One of them is greed. As we're probably aware, some of you are aware of
Buddhism, the very notion of Buddhism is the root of human evil is to desire something, to want
something. So the entire philosophy of Buddhism is what? Make sure you have nothing to desire,
eliminate desire from the heart, and everything will be solved. But at the same time, even though we
like to quote religious truths, and of course, we're gonna quote them.
		
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			Surely, what these economists have said, has a kernel of truth in it. No. I mean, in the end of the
day, what will drive you and motivate you to raise the bar unless it is yearning and desiring? How
will nations become powerful? What does prosperity come from, except the desire to push the bar more
and more? So how do we balance between these competing truth claims? And what is our view as Muslims
when it comes to wanting something we don't have versus accepting our status quo? The secret to this
response is in a very simple Islamic concept. And this concept is mentioned by all of the great
giants of our tradition, the giants of theology, the giants of pseudo Contoso wove the giants of the
		
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			diseases of the heart. They all mentioned this, because it is mentioned in the Quran. And that is
the pillar of real law Bill Kadar being content with the other of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tala. And in
today's hotbar I want to illustrate and shed some light on what does it mean to have a new book
which Allah has other? We began by setting up the paradigm we began by setting up the fundamentals
and of the most important of all fundamentals. Allah is the rub. Allah is the Malik Allah azza wa
jal is the King who is not challenged. Allah is the Rezac who gives his Allah says in the Quran
surah is all of whom Yoko Simona Ramat are a big no, no, Sam Nirbhay Nahum my Isha home Phil
		
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			hieratic. Dunya what a finer bow the home folk about Endora Jatin Leah Takeda battledome Bowden,
Zaccaria Warahmatullah beggar Hiram, imagine my own. Are they in charge of Allah's mercy? Are they
in charge of the treasuries of Allah? Do they decide how much anybody gets? Allah says
		
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			In the Quran, no, no cause some Boehner home Marie shutter home, we have decided their salaries. We
have decided their Maisha my Isha their livelihood, we call it salaries, we have decided their
income. We have decided the risk their status what they're going to be who is in charge of how much
money you're gonna have. Who is in charge of how much wealth you will acquire. It's not you. It's
not your efforts. It's not your talent. It is my in your rub. It is demonic. It is the one who
controls the heavens and earth. It is Allah azza wa jal nah no because some Nirbhay GNOME, my Isha
TOEFL how to dunya what a foreigner about Dandora Jad and we have raised some of them over others.
		
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			It is Allah sunnah. Some people are wealthier than others. Everyone has something the other person
doesn't have. Why Leah Turkey their bow bow done so hurry Yeah, so that each group can benefit from
the services of the other. Each group needs something the other doesn't have the other has and it
doesn't have. So even the wealthiest doctor, the wealthiest businessman, he needs to find somebody
to fix his shoes, fix his cars, clean his house, even the one who is cleaning the house needs to go
to the doctor to get the medicine. Everyone needs the other Allah is saying, we decide who gets what
we decide what is going to be your militia in this world. So we begin by setting up the paradigm
		
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			Allah is in charge of my discipline yours. Allah says in the Quran, we're not asking you for money,
we're gonna give you money learners.
		
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			We're not asking you for wealth, I'm the one that's gonna give you your wealth. So Allah has
decided, I will prophesy and I'm said every one of you shall get the result that Allah has predict
pre ordained for him. Even if he runs away from it, he's gonna it's gonna get and if he runs towards
it, he's gonna get it doesn't matter what you do Allah as it is, is going to come to you what has
been destined? Our Prophet has some told us when the child is born, when the rule has blown into the
child, the angel asked for questions of Allah one of them how much it is, yeah Allah, how much is
wealth is he going to acquire and Allah will give a number of the angel write it down that number,
		
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			you cannot change it. You cannot change it. No matter what you do your entire life. That is what you
will be earning Allah azza wa jal has decreed and predestined. You cannot change the other of Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah. And Allah says, We have chosen every person status, no custom now, which
means the second point, if Allah has chosen for you, this means Allah knows what is best for you.
Allah is our Mola. Allah is our protector. Allah is our molar. So whatever Allah decides, is for my
benefit in your benefit, whatever Allah has decreed. It is going to be beneficial for me even if I
don't understand it. Beautiful Hadith in Sahih Bukhari our Prophet system was distributing money
		
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			distributing wealth and a companion next to him perhaps Oh, Booker, we're not sure who a companion
next to him said Yato Sula, Allah give more money to this man will law he's a good brother, he's a
good man give more money to him. The process of didn't. A second time. He said, Yeah, Rasulillah
give more money to this man. He's a good man. He didn't third time. He said it will Allah He rasool
Allah, he's a good man give him more money. The process from then turned and said, sometimes, I do
not give a good person money. Because he will then use that money and it will lead him astray until
he enters jahannam. Not giving him money is better for him, meaning the Profit System understood
		
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			this man, his piety is of a different type. And he is good where he is, if I were to give him money,
it would destroy his piety. If I were to raise his rank in this dunya, he would lose out in the ark
era. So I'd rather he went in the ark era and maintain where he is in this dunya. If this is
something our Prophet system had knowledge of, and he is a mohawk. What do you think of Allah? Who
is the Harlock? If a prophet says, I'm understood that this is a man, he should not have wealth,
because his piety will be affected? So I know He's righteous, I'm not denying His righteous, but
because He's righteous because he's such a good person, because he's a person of Jannah. I don't
		
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			want to corrupt him. And I know if I give him more wealth, potentially possibly, he's gonna become
corrupt. I don't want to do that. So I'm withholding not because he's not pious, but because he is
pious and I know his weaknesses. If this is something the prophets have understood, and he is
Rasulullah sysm. How about the one who sent him sure that he understands more than this, and this is
why we begin this by laying out the theological foundations that there must be at some level rebar
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			pretence of Allah, Allah. That's why our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said he visited me the
it'll be it be it all D it'll be be my custom Allah hulak token Alvin and NAS, be content with what
Allah has given you. And you will find yourself the richest of all of mankind. This is a profound
nugget of wisdom from the tongue of our Prophet sallallahu. Either you will seldom be content with
what you have, and you will find yourself the richest person on earth. Ask yourself, the one who has
a million but he wants another million. He's actually not rich because he's poor. He's poor for that
other million. He wants something, the one who's a multimillionaire wants to become a
		
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			multimillionaire. He's actually psychologically poor. He wants to get to that level, our Prophet
says, and I've said, Be content with what Allah has given you. And all of a sudden, you don't desire
anything, you have all that you want, you become the richest person on earth. This is real law
because the law, this is what happens when we have real law with what Allah azza wa jal has given
us. That's why in the Hadith, in Sahih, Muslim, our Prophet says that I'm said, the rich person,
Allah honey is not the one who has a lot of possessions, we would say, the one who has a big bank
account, the rich person is the one whose heart is content. Think about this, the rich person is not
		
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			measured by the car that you drive by the clothes that you wear by the house that you live in. The
rich person is decided by how happy his heart is, how content his heart is, if his heart is content
and happy, that is the richest person on earth. This is what happens when we have real bla bla bla
bla bla bla bla. Now somebody will say, Does this mean that if I don't have any money, I just sit at
home and be happy that I don't have money? No. This is not what real law means. The law means that
you submit to Allah's final decision with regards to how much it is you have. But there's an
interesting catch. And it is in this catch that Islam becomes different from capitalism, from
		
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			capitalism, from Buddhism, from any other ism, that we have a unique philosophy and system. Real law
means that you submit to the decision of Allah. But you don't know what Allah's decision is.
		
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			I repeat, radon means you submit to the decision of Allah, but you don't know what the decision of
Allah is. So how can you submit when you don't know, this is where we see the beauty of Islam. This
is where we see the very interesting dynamics. The system of Islam has internal checks and balances
to make sure that your greed does not consume you to make sure that your desire for this dunya does
not corrupt you. This is where checks and balances are put in. Listen to me carefully. Islam tells
us it is permissible for the heart to desire that which is pure.
		
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			But the emaan and the brain must keep it in check that if you don't get it, then you are content
that you don't have it. There is a checks and balances going on. It's okay to desire and the body
can strive to get it and you put in the effort. But suppose you don't get it in the end. Suppose you
don't get that business wasn't a success. You didn't get the promotion you didn't get the fortune
you thought that would come from this stock opportunity from this venture. Okay, you tried you
desired it's okay to desire but you also accept the final outcome
		
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			and you do not prioritize what you yearn for. That is another fundamental difference. We are taught
in our Shetty out it is okay to desire that which is pure, by the way that which is pure, which
means if it's impure, we should not desire it. Not everything that we desire is halal and good. Not
everything that we want is beneficial for us. So the Sharia has come and made certain things haram
for example, riba we it's an easy way to get rich when you have money to give loans and to get more
back easy way. But we might desire richness, but it harms other people. That's why Allah says that
the harms are more That's why Allah says that it's not going to make you rich is going to make
		
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			society poor. So Allah has forbidden riba not every desire is pure. But if something is good and
halal, and we desire it, the Shetty eye says Go ahead. As long as some conditions are met, of those
conditions, your desire cannot interfere with that which is more important. We have a hierarchy of
desires, a hierarchy of importance. The most important thing is our relationship with Allah, our
salah, our vicar, our piety, that's why Allah praises the righteous people that hijab on largely him
t Jarrah tone while obey your own and they could Allah Who were your comments
		
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			salah, these are men, Allah praises their masculinity here. These are men, neither their businesses,
nor their wealth prevents them from worshipping Allah praying and doing vicar. Notice Allah didn't
say, these are men who don't have businesses. These are men who don't have wealth. No. It's okay to
desire wealth. It's okay to desire to have a bigger, bigger business. But the priority is not the
wealth, unlike in the capitalist system, unlike in the greed system where the priority is profits
doesn't matter if the company's ethical or not. Profits are always what dictates the market. No,
there's a hierarchy a priority, the priority your Eman, your salvation, your Ibadat and then the
		
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			rules of the Sharia what is haram and halal? Allah told you certain businesses are harmful, don't do
them. Allah told you certain transactions are dangerous don't do them and then once it is a halal
business a halal merchandise. After that, make sure it does not interfere with the watch you bought
with your sign up with your rituals. After this, go for it. Our prophets of salaam said
		
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			Nirmal mauto saw that the Roger is solid. How good is pure money for a righteous person? Go for it.
How good is pure money for a righteous person meaning is very good. Why should we not desire this?
dunya? Don't we pray to Allah or bunna Artina for dunya hacer una within Accra to Hasina but desire
is not greed, yearning is not haram. We put it in the priority list and put it number 345 We desire
good wealth. But at the same time, once we put in the effort, once we strive and it doesn't happen,
then we accept the law. We accept and we say what Allah has decreed is best for me. So we keep our
yearning in check. We keep our desire so that it doesn't consume us. It becomes the biggest thing in
		
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			the world. No, this is where Islam's philosophy is unique. Because realistically, realistically, you
cannot live your life without desire, like Buddhism wants you. You wouldn't be human. If you don't
have desires, what is being a human, you have yearnings, you have cravings, you have desire.
Realistically, not everything that you yearn is evil, which is what some versions of Christianity
say doesn't work that way. We all want to have good health, good life, we all want to have good
wealth, in and of itself, it is permissible. So we can't agree with those Eastern systems that say
any desire is wrong. But at the same time, capitalism comes and says, every desire is good for
		
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			society, you just be yourself and be greedy. And that's going to be good for the market, there is a
middle ground. And the Sharia comes with this beautiful middle ground. It lays for us the
theological understanding of wanting good, it lays for us the legal framework, and then it puts our
desires in check. It's not the most important thing, go ahead and desire this dunya. But if you
don't get it, except Allah SCADA. And understand there is a wisdom beyond your knowledge beyond your
intellect, and Allah knows, and you do not know. And this is the beauty of our Shediac the intricate
balance between wanting something for tomorrow and accepting today's status quo. That's what it is.
		
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			You want tomorrow to be better. But deep down inside, whatever today is, you're happy at it. So
every day you wake up, tomorrow should be better. I want more as I want better life I want and you
strive for it. You don't just sit at home, think it's gonna rain down money. We know that's not
typical. We all have heard this not Islam, you work, you're qualified, you have the best resume, you
go knocking on doors, you expect to better tomorrow, tomorrow comes is the same as today was
Hamdulillah. Allah has something better for me. That's where it all comes. You want the better
tomorrow, but you accept status quo today. That is what the reality is. And if we have this
		
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			philosophy that Subhanallah we are to taking the best of all worlds here. And there are so many
blessings of real law with what Allah has decreed for us of those blessings of those blessings.
		
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			When you are content, then most of the grief and anxiety and stress and mental anguish that people
get, you don't have it at all. Think about it, what makes you anxious, what makes you worried? It's
the unknown when you are ridurre because Allah when you have to sleep and Tawakkol when your heart
is attached to Allah, all of a sudden you have lifted the worry and anxiety. We are in the hands of
Allah and what Allah has decided is best for us of the benefits of redox. Is that when you believe
and have Eman in rhubarb, with Allah's Kadar, you cannot be jealous. Jealousy comes from those who
don't have Iman in Allah deciding who gets what. Think about this, one of our teachers would say,
		
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			whoever is jealous at somebody else and what Allah has given them how
		
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			In fact rejected Allah SCADA and Allah's Rubia. Because it is as if he is saying, Oh Allah, why did
you give him and not me? If you believe that Allah is the rub, and you have riba with Allah's Kadar,
you can never be jealous, because you know, just like the Prophet system said, This person, if I
give him money, he's gonna go to jahannam I don't want to do that. When you have the law, you
understand, maybe Allah has not given me to give me something better in the aka. This is what
happens when you have the law of the blessings of real law as well. As our prophets have said, have
real God we call it the Hadith, and you will be the richest of mankind. You really want to be rich,
		
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			it's not going to be attained via economic wealth, it will be attained by a spiritual happiness and
spiritual happiness will come with a paradigm shift internally, you got to click you got to switch
it around and say what Allah has given me Al Hamdulillah when you feel that way, you will be the
richest person and the final point will mention for this hadith, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said that when ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala loves a group of people, he tests them, he tests them.
Then he said from unroll the father who read the whole woman SOHCAHTOA father, who sought whoever is
content with whatever is happening the new law and again content does not mean you have to be happy
		
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			What did we say content means you can work to change for tomorrow but today you accept Oh Allah you
have decreed this god that Allah Masha file, but tomorrow I want to try to be better. That's what
content means. A lot of people misunderstand that river means happiness. No real ball does not mean
happiness. You can work to change the situation. But if it doesn't change deep down inside your Eman
says what Allah has decided is better for me, even if I don't know so our Prophet SAW sent him said,
Allah will test people from under all the whoever has real law shall attain a laws of the law. And
whoever gets angry, shall attain Allah's Anger. Simple as that. You want Allah the law, you have to
		
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			be at odds with Allah subhanho wa Taala and that's why the highest praise the Sahaba were given is
what half a dozen times in the Quran How does Allah describe the Sahaba Radi Allahu Anhu will do and
they are content with Allah and in return, Allah is content and pleased with them. May Allah subhana
wa Tada make us of those who are content and pleased with Allah. May Allah bless me and you within
who the Quran and may make us of those who is vs. They understand and applies halal and haram
throughout our lifespan. I ask Allah's forgiveness to as well ask him for his love of food and
ramen.
		
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			Alhamdulillah had wha had a had a summit Alladhina Mia did Willa Mueller, one of your Co Co Founder,
Eduardo.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, while it is completely permissible to desire the good of this world,
		
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			I also have to be a little bit more academic and tell you the spectrum of desiring. You see our
religion is so beautiful, it is so perfect that Allah has catered to all of mankind. And Allah has
catered to people who are willing to sacrifice this world for the next. And Allah has catered to
those who don't have those high aspirations, and they just want to get by into Jannah and live a
good world. The beauty of this religion, it caters to all of mankind. So when it comes to the
spectrum of yearning and desire, when it comes to wanting things you don't have,
		
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			there is a spectrum of permissibility and a spectrum of impermissibility. And on the spectrum of
permissibility, not everything is the same. Some things might be permissible, but not praiseworthy,
and others are permissible and praiseworthy, and others are permissible, but not really
praiseworthy, but not sinful. It's a spectrum. And if you look at the life of our Prophet
sallallahu, either he was setting them you attain obviously the highest understanding of what that
spectrum is. Now it is completely permissible to desire this dunya and to sacrifice the halal to
gain other Halal sacrifice, your sleep sacrifice things that are halal for the sake of other Halal
		
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			totally permissible, and at some level, it is obligatory, we all have to go to work to earn an
income. We all have to get this to sustain our families.
		
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			That balance of how much we want and at what cost and at what cost of the ocular as well because at
the end of the day, you have 24 hours, how much will you dedicate to the dean versus the dunya
versus your family? These are things Allah has allowed some leeway in the Shetty app, and each one
of you has to decide where you want to be on that spectrum. So as long as what you desire in and of
itself.
		
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			is not haram and you are not sacrificing the Waje bots, then you are safe. It's okay. You want to be
a multimillionaire and you want to dedicate your life to be as company CEO and founders and spend
8090 hours a week and doing that, and you're praying, you're taking care of your wife and children.
You're doing a portrait of your services of the OMA giving your Xikar fasting Ramadan. Guess what?
You've made Jana, no problem, go get become the multimillionaire. But at the same time, there are
those who understand if I do this, then I cannot dedicate the time to the OMA and the fitna of the
Hulk and being good to mankind and worshiping Allah that will give me a higher place in Jannah. So
		
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			they're going to cut back on that in order to increase this. And of course, there's no doubt that
that is better for the sake of the orchestra. But Allah realizes Allah knows not everybody's the
same. So he's allowed this spectrum. And if you look at our Prophet Sall, Allahu Allah, he was
selling them, and this is the epitome of perfection for us. Did he appreciate the halal pleasures of
this dunya Wallahi? He did. He loved to eat meat. He was gifted fine clothes he wore them He himself
said Getting married is from my sunnah. But and I have to be clear, did he ever go out of his way to
acquire fine clothes? Did he ever sacrifice immensely to acquire a fine meal? No, that was not his
		
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			priority.
		
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			Now, again, that is the epitome. And I'm just saying this so that we are clear in this regard, that
you want to go to the highest of the high, the priority is indeed the deen. The priority is indeed
the worship of Allah and helping mankind, but not everybody's to that level. And so if we desire
more of this dunya as long as it is Helen, and we don't sacrifice the hara, we don't get into the
outcome, then it is all permissible. And that's this beauty of this faith, that no matter what your
level, and this is, you know, the richest person in human history was our own, and our own could
have been a righteous person. If only he shifted his paradigm hold on the one who was destroyed for
		
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			his arrogance. He was a multi billionaire, and he could have been a righteous person if only he
thanked Allah and gave this a car, but he refused even to do that, in and of itself. Wealth is a
tool. It is a harmful tool insofar as generally speaking, wealth is more corruptive. But it's not
necessarily corruptive. It's not necessarily corruptive. It's up to you and your Eman. So if you get
involved in this world, and you acquire more and more than make sure that with that privilege, your
responsibility to Allah and your responsibility to the creation of Allah increases. And beware
brothers and sisters, beware of that companion whom the Quran mentions he used to be a combat he
		
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			became a hypocrite. That Companion of the Quran mentions the surah Toba woman whom Maha Had Allah
let in our town I'm in fogli here then I'll set the agenda when an akuna nominal saw the Hey there
are those who promised Allah Oh Allah, you make me rich, and I will show you how generous I will be,
I will show you I will be the best of the best for them at home. And finally he decayed will be he
will tell low when Allah gave them that wealth. They turned around, they became stingy and they
rejected and neglected with the promises they made Allah. Don't think dear Muslim, when you don't
have wealth, I know when I become wealthy, I will be like this and that no, the prophet system
		
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			realized that righteous person, he was righteous and he was fine where he was try to acquire
whatever you want. When you acquire, raise your own religiosity, raise your own Ibadat raise your
own piety, raise your own sadaqa and frank advice to myself first and foremost, and then to all of
you. If with increased blessings, you do not find increased spirituality, then perhaps you should
not be interested in more worldly blessings. If when you rise up in the ranks of this dunya and
Allah gives you your promotions, and you get your medical degree and you get your residency and you
get your CEO and your get your compact company and you get it on the stock market. And you find that
		
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			you know what, when I was 25 years old, I used to pray better. I used to be more sincere now that
I'm 4555 65 my heart has become hard, even though you are doubled, tripled, 10 times wealthier. Well
then ask yourself What happened and what went wrong is never too late to repent. But be careful,
because with privilege comes responsibility. And if you don't have that responsibility, and you're
not demonstrating to Allah, that you're worthy of that, well then something is wrong. And I conclude
this quote, by a beautiful hadith of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that really
encapsulates what it means to be the pinnacle of piety. Hadith in Sahih Muslim our Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, The Avila min s lemma will
		
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			Rosie Akaka often worker now who lobby might be
		
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			the one who is a Muslim,
		
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			and has been given enough to live a bare minimum life. You're not starving, you're not in debt, cup
of coffee cut off, the one who has been given his that his coffee for him. And he is content at what
Allah has given. That person is the most successful of mankind. This is what a prophet says to them
said, the one who's a Muslim, and he has what he needs to live hamdulillah food is their drink is
their houses, their family is there you have enough to live and then he is content with what Allah
has given. That person is the most successful of mankind. So yes, it's halal to yearn. Yes, it's
halal to want more, but I'm going to be honest here. It's better and more blessed to not desire
		
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			things you don't need. And to be free of being impoverished to things you never thought you knew.
Until some commercial comes along. Or some other friend of yours shows you something or society
teaches you something. No, the best blessings of this world are mentioned in the Quran, and that is
Altamaha, Madura, will Amana human health. This is the bare minimum, you have enough to feed
yourself and you're living in a safe land and country Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah that is the
minimum that is required. If you have it. The more content you are, the richer you're going to be.
And if you desire more, I explained the Islamic paradigm if you stay within this paradigm, all is
		
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			Alhamdulillah here I've been I mean are Russia and Iran Shamima Nikki young woman Dini II cannot
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			he was slowly failure ago doing what I've done
		
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			I love it
		
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			George
		
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			Aloha Akbar
		
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			semi Allahu naman Hamidah
		
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			along to them
		
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			hola hola como
		
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			along
		
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			along
		
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			Salam more Eileen kumara on
		
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