Khutbah Translation

Lecture Title: Halal And Haram Wealth
Sheikh Khayyat
April 13, 2012

The Respected Shaykh First Mentioned How We As People Have So Much Love For Wealth. Wealth Has Become The Main Aim And Objective Of Life And People Have Made Long Plans Of What They Want To Do With The Wealth. Allah Mentions In The Quran "And you love wealth with much love!" [Surah Fajr: 20] meaning that we have an excessive love for wealth. Allah Also Mentions "And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth" [Surah Adiyat: 8].

The Prophet Of Allah Told Amr Ibn Al Aas Radhiyallahu Anhu "The best wealth for a good man to possess is that which has been lawfully acquired." [Narrated by Ahmad]

The Respected Imam Was Trying To Convey A Message Which Was Dont Make The Wealth Of This World The Main Aim Of Life. Haram Food, Haram Wealth, Haram Drinks - We Need To Abstain From All These Things Because Allah Has A Law. The Law Is "verily Almighty Allah Is Pure And Allah Only Accepts That Which Is Pure. (saheeh Muslim).

And Allah Commanded The Messengers And Prophets To Consume Those Things Which Are Pure. What We Eat Is Connected To Our Actions And Thereafter In The Hadith It Is Mentioned That The Prophet Of Allah Said That You Find A Person Who Eats Haram, His Clothing Is Haram, He Drinks Haram And Then He Makes Dua - Where Will His Dua Be Accepted? It Shows When We Consume Haram It Nulifies The Action. The Duas Are Rejected, The Actions Are Rejected. If We Get Haram Income And Then Spend It In Charity, How Can This Be Accepted?

The Charity From Haram Is Also Not Accepted. (Tirmidhi). A Person Who Gathers Haram And Then Wants To Give In Charity, Allah Does Not Accept It From Him, It Becomes A Huge Huge Calimity On That Person. (Hadith). Allah Flings And Throws Those People In Jahannam Who Have Haram And Then Wants To Give Into Charity.(Hadith) Every Piece Of Flesh Which Grows And Develops With Haram For Example This Haram Could Be Corruption And Bribary, Theft As Well As Drugs And Many Other Things. Haram Income Is On The Increase. Remember We Should Stay Far Away From This Haram.

The Only Way To Succeed Is To Have True Taqwa And Piety And To Acquire The Quality Of Shame And Modesty. The Prophet Of Allah Once Told The Sahaba To Obtain The Quality Of Hayaa ( Modesty ). The Sahaba Then Asked The Prophet Of Allah, That They Have The Quality Of Modesty, The Prophet Of Allah Then Said It Is Not That Shame You Are Thinking About, The Head Should Be Such That It Is Pure. - Includes The Thoughts In The Head, Protecting Of Eyes, Tongue, And Whatever Goes In To Our Stomachs.

A Person Should Remember Death Abundantly And Give Preference To The Hereafter More Than This World. We Need To Make Sure What We Are Eating Is From Halal Income. Death Will Follow Us From Wherever We Are. The Sustinence Will Also Follow Us From Wherever We Are. So Our Duty Is To Go And Seek From Those Places Which Are Halal. Every Day Two Angels Come Down And Make Dua " Allah Those Who Spend In Your Path, Give Them A Better Replacement, Those Who Behold Their Wealth And Are Stingy, Allah Destroy Them".

We Need To Build And Establish The Good Society. If We Are Not There Then How Will Our Society Become A Good Society. So It Is Our Responsibilty That We Consume Halal.

In The Second Khutbah The Shaykh Praised Allah And Sent Salutations Upon The Beloved Prophet Of Allah. Anything Which Is Haram Is Following The Path Of The Shaytaan. The Swine And Blood Has Been Made Haram So Therefore We Need To Stay Away From Them Things. There Is No Place For Pagan Customs.

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