 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَيَاتُوْهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ المُنزَالُوْ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُوْهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُوْ الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له واشدو أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد أربع سنوات قبل وبدأنا سنوات إسلامية وانتلاعي إن شاء الله بالتعالى سوف يكون أثناء على هذه المتحدة إن شاء الله بالتعالى الإمام أحمد رحمه الله رحم الإمام one of the four imams that is followed it was said to him one day ما تقول what do you say في من جلس في بيته a person who sits in his house or he sits in the masjid does an individual he stays at home or he chooses to stay in the masjid and he doesn't want to work he doesn't want to make an income he doesn't want to earn what do you say about so and so وقال and then this person says while sitting at home and sitting in the masjid he says لا أعمل شيء and I am not going to do anything حتى يأتي أن يرسقي my provision will come to me it will make its way to me what is written for me will come to me so I'm not going to work for it and whatever Allah has written for me will come فقال أحمد بن حمبل ألمام وحمد said هذا رجل this is a man who is ignorant of knowledge he has no Islamic knowledge this is an individual who has no knowledge of the religion أما سمع has this person not heard قول النبي the statement of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم where the prophet said إن الله جعل رزقي تحت ذل رمح that the prophet he said الله جعل my provision under the shade of my spear so this is the prophet محمد a prophet from Allah he is saying that my income my earning comes from effort and hard work it is under the shade of my spear and has this person also not heard about an animal from the animals of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and that is the bird the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم I said about the bird تغدو خماسا وتروح بطانا the bird it leaves in the morning with an empty stomach and it comes back with a full stomach so it's a bird it's an animal no animal says I am going to sit and everything will come to me and you're a human you should think more and better than the animal so we are instructed in our religion to work to earn it is not an Islamic practice that a person sits in a masjid or a person stays at home and then says what is written for me will come to me it goes against basic principles in the religion now I don't want to go too much details into it but what type of ani is the best what type of ani is the best الإمام البيحقي narrated in his kitab شعب الإيمان on the authority of Abu Huraira رضي الله تعالى عنه that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said خير الكسبي the best ani is كسب يد العاملي إذا نصح it is the ani of a person who physically worked for it used his hands يد العاملي is the hands of a person doing something with your hands the prophet then said إذا نصح if he is sincere and honest إذا نصح we know in the Arabic language the word خير is a superlative it has in it an elif before it which is أخير على سيغة أفعل the greatest form of ani is that which a person hands with his own hands إذا نصح if he is truthful and we are going to see some of that نصيحة that a person can do brothers and sisters did you know that your risk it is working towards you and it is coming to you as the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us the prophet told us in a hadith ابن حبانا ريتن من حديث قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمسجسة إن رزقة لا يطلب العبدا the risk looks for a person كما يطلبه أجل the way that death is looking for you risk is looking for you in that way your provision your risk is looking for you wants to get hold of you the way that your agile your time of leaving and departing from this world is coming to an end the same way is your risk rather there is another wording where the messenger said that rather your risk it is most looking for you than your agile is looking for you so if you are working and you are trying to make an income know that the effort that you are exerting in trying to get this risk is not as great as the risk itself trying to look for you and one of the greatest statements ابن القيب رحمة الله who said was إذا الله عز وجل provided for you in the womb of your mother without you exerting any effort you never work for it in the womb of your mother الله عز وجل is providing for you and he is giving to you when he then forsake you when you come out and you are working for it yeah no insha'Allah الله won't but there is something that is needed from us if the risk is going to come out away and it is going to come to us there is something required from us and the messenger said he expanded on it and he said that and also insha'Allah on the authority of رضي الله and she got and she graded this to be the prophet said do not consider and think to yourself that your risk is going to be delayed and say I don't think I'm going to get my risk don't do that فإنه لم تكن عبدون there is not a slave that exists who lives in this world he will not die لا يموت حتى يبلغه he will not die until the risk that was written for you will come your way that which Allah wrote for you will come your way حتى يبلغه آخر رسق until the last رسق that was written for you the last meal that was written for you until you take that in you won't die فتق الله then be conscious of Allah وأجملوا في الطلب and perfect the manner and the way that you try to look for your risk and the prophet explained it more and he said خلال وترقل حرام take that which is and stay away from that which is don't consider your risk something that's going to delay it's going to come your way your risk is written for you the way that the day you're going to die it was written for you the same is that your risk was written for you have you not seen a person who went to a shop he bought himself a meal he wanted to eat it and then someone else ended up eating it does that not indicate and show to you that it wasn't written for you this risk wasn't yours who was it you bought it for someone else الله سبحانه وتعالى he writes your risk in another country in the morning you have breakfast in this country and in the evening you are in another country that's where your risk was written for you our whole entire life is governed like that everything that is written for you is going to come your way so perfect what you're looking for look for it in a حلال way this risk they said it's going to come to you either in a حلال or a حرام way you choose which way you're going to get it you could get the same risk in a حلال way and you could get that same risk in a حرام way so the prophet said فتقوا الله have taqwa of Allah in your risk and perfect in the way that you try to attain this risk اخذوا الحلال وتركوا الحرام take that which is حلال and leave that which is حرام the taqee the slave who is pious who follows the statement of the prophet here every transaction in his life he breaks it into three every business every transaction any earning is one of three it is او حرام بيون او كليك حرام so the first one is حلال he knows it that is his حلال or it's كليك حرام the كليك حرام he comes with it are we all together he comes with the كليك حرام and the كليك حرام he stays away from it و بينهما أمور المشتبهات and between those two are things which is ambiguous to some people the slave who is pious stays away from it و لذلك they said about great imams before them تركوا كثيرا من الحلال مخافة الحرام they left off so many things that were حلال فيه of the haram it wasn't the doubtful issues حلال things they left off مخافة الحرام فيه of the haram and that's why they were the people of taqwa people of piety so if anything you know a business a transaction that you're in and there's a question mark that's put on it don't place your religion your deem the earning that you're going to bring home the risk that you're going to bring to your children and your family don't make it something doubtful you're trying to bring out a new generation of people leave it off عبد من الحميد أبو يعلى both narrated on the authority of أبو هريرا ربي الله تعالى عنه he said that the prophet من طلب الدنيا حلال a person is seeking his دنيا through حلال so he's looking for what حلال that's one استعفى فنعاني المسألة the reason why he's looking for حلال is that he doesn't want to ask the people استعفى فنعاني المسألة he doesn't want to ask anyone that's one number two he's looking for حلال and he doesn't want to ask anyone he wants to have ifa chest from having to meet anyone وتعطفا على جاره and he wants to be kind to his neighbors those around him wants to care for them he wants to be the upahan the one that gives والسعيان على عياله and he wants to work for his children he wants to provide for his children and what they need and fulfill their need جاء يوم القيامة that person will come the day of judgment and another wording he says لا قي الله he will meet Allah this person will meet Allah ووجه مثلو this person's face is like القامر الليلة البدري a full moon glowing the day of judgment منطلبا this person looked for الدنيا حلال استعفافا عن المسألة doesn't want to ask anyone وتعطفا على جاره and he wants to aid and help those neighboring and around him والسعيان على عياله and he wants to earn for his children and his offspring and what they need and fulfill their need لا قي الله يوم القيامة that person's gonna meet Allah the day of judgment ووجه and his face is like the full moon the way it's glowing that day the second person is what ومنطلبا دنيا the person who looks to gain this حلال but what is he doing مفاخيرا boasting a bragging he's going out there he's making Halal income but he wants to boast and brag he wants to put this on social media he wants to go on YouTube and show people look at the cars that are parked in front of my villa حاومت on Monday I drive this باللي on Tuesday I drive this world's voice وحكده and he names the cars and then he goes into his crib his house and he shows the people what he's got and he says this is just one of my properties he مخفاخيرا he wants to brag and boast مكاثيرا he just wants to increase مراعين he wants to show the people he wants to what he wants to show off to the people لا قي الله that person will come the day of judgment and Allah is angry with him that person will meet Allah the day of judgment and Allah is angry with him this person is earning his Halal it's not Harad so the thing that he came with is Halal but the means he took was what a bad intention مفاقرا مكاثيرا مراعين so what we learned from this hadith is not that you only try to attain the Halal income but the way that you try to attain it is also what in a good manner you what it's a good manner I mean if Allah has bestowed His blessings on you if Allah has given you money that doesn't mean you can't the blessings of Allah cannot be seen from you you can drive a nice car no problem but we're not with the condition that you want to show off to people not with the condition that you want to boast and brag to those people who haven't got it and today one of the sad realities today is that is what's happening in social media people this hadith by the way is talking about someone who is rich and has it and is wealthy when in a situation that we're in today is it's people we know that they don't have nothing they have nothing they borrow everything they stay in a hotel and they record those moments they even sometimes ask someone else if they can sit in their car and they take a picture with another person's car to give the impression to others that this is what it's their belonging we need to abstain and stay away from that we don't want to be Allah in the day of judgment and he's angry with us subhanahu و تعالى the Prophet ﷺ told us in a hadith about what was generated on the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar قال رسول الله that the Prophet ﷺ said التاجر الأمين the truthful honest Muslim merchant التاجر الأمين الصدوق المسلم التاجر is a merchant الأمين is trustworthy الصدوق means المسلم for characteristics he is where the day of judgment معشو هدائي يوم القيم he is with the martyrs the day of judgment is with who the martyr is the day of judgments so this shows us the station of the one who spies and sells he is truthful in his buying and selling he doesn't lie about his merchant he doesn't lie about his product if his product doesn't have the quality that the buyer wants he says it to him I'm sorry my one is not as good as the one you're looking for I will encourage you if you could go to so and so he's not far from here he has a better product than I do this is barakah and good and this is where Allah is going to bring خير for your your risk and what you have التاجر والأمين the muslim merchant who is truthful معشو هدائي يوم القيم he is with the martyrs the day of judgment you have a high station the day of judgment أحمد أبو يعلان الطبراني all narrated on the authority of عمر بن العاص the companion صلى الله عليه وسلم the messenger sent for me the messenger sent for me he told someone to go and bring me and then so they went and brought عمر بن العاص to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and then the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he looked at عمر بن العاص and عمر بن العاص he looked at me and he looked up and down at me and then he said to him خذ عليك فيابك وصلاحك go put your clothing on and go get your weapons your armory go get your weaponry your armory and go put your clothing on ثم أأتي me and then come to me ثم أأتي me come to me he said I went and put my armory on I got ready ثم I came to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال I want to send you I want to send you to one of the expeditions one of the battles I want to send you to one of the battles and I want to make you the chief of that battle I want to make you in charge of the army will bring you back safely nothing is going to happen to you I want to send you with an army and I want to make you the commander of the army and you will come back safe nothing will happen to you ويغنيمك الله and Allah is going to give you غنيمة from this وأرغب لك من المل and I want for you somewhere after the غنيمة comes there is a portion I want for you the prophet is telling them all of this is going to happen for you وأرغب لك من المال رغبة صالحة I hope for you a portion of wealth for you good wealth for you فقل to عمر من العاص I said to the prophet يا رسول الله ما أسلم لمن أجل المال I did not take Islam because of money because he thought that the prophet thought that he took Islam because he wants غنيمة and he wants money he said all messenger of Allah I did not take Islam for what? for wealth then the prophet said to him عمر عاصل بل سالم ترغبة في الإسلام rather I took Islam because I want this religion I believe in it I want to be a Muslim وأنا أكون معك and I want to be with you all messenger of Allah فقال رسول الله the messenger of Allah said يا عمر عمر نعم المال الصالح للمرأة الصالح نعم بلسد is a good wealth for a righteous man good wealth is a wealth which is good is a blessing for a righteous person ولذلك some of the scholars they took from this their wealth is only cast and belittled when it's not صالح but if money is earned in the right way it's praiseworthy because the prophet said I want it for you and if something is very low and pathetic and had no value the prophet would not have wanted it for the noble companion عمر عاصل but pay attention to this نعم المال الصالح للمرأة الصالح is a noble and that was taken in a noble way is good for a righteous person so we have to make sure that our wealth is صالح good wealth that we have the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us in a hadith as tirmidi narrated from the hadith رضي الله تعالى عنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet said من أكل طيب who eats good income وعمل في سنة وعمل في سنة and he acts in accordance to the sunnah pay attention to this من أكل طيب someone who eats حلال income وعمل في سنة and acts in accordance to the sunnah وأمين الناس بوائقة and the people find safety from you you don't harm anyone your speech and your actions don't harm or hurt anyone دخل الجنة pay attention to this brothers this hadith is saying to us من أكل طيب anyone who eats that which is حلال وعمل في سنة and act in accordance to the sunnah وأمين الناس بوائقة and the people find safety from you you don't harm anyone you don't cause anyone trouble in the market when you're buying and you're selling you're not causing problems to your customers you're not causing any trouble to your colleagues at work دخل الجنة you will enter jannah فقال رجل أمان رسول الله إن هذا اليوم في الناس إن هذا اليوم في الناس هذا اليوم في الناس these characteristics that you're mentioning it is too much right now everyone's like that أبو بكرن أمان أثمان and other companions that's how they like they act in accordance to the sunnah and the people find safety from them then the prophet said وَسَيَقُونُ فِي قُرُونِ بَعْدِ this is going to be in generations to come it's not now it's for people who are going to come so what I did is I researched when can we say it actually started when this drifted away when it started to change so I came across a statement by the great Imam يونسو بن عبيت and يونسو بن عبيت he's different on when he died some scholars they said he died 139 and some said he died 140 that's it يونسو بن عبيت يونسو بن عبيت he said ليس شيء أعزم في شيئي there is nothing more rarer than two things what are the two things درحم طيب a dirham that came through حلال إنكم ورجل يعمل على سنة and a man that is acting in accordance to the sunnah what year was he 140 or 139 the spirit on when he died this time of his he's saying it is rare he said to find درحم طيب a dirham that is clean حلال إنكم ورجل أيمان يعمل على سنة أيمان that is working in accordance to the sunnah those two are very rare to find today two rare characteristics حلال it's become very hard someone who's actually working are making حلال إنكم today is are we all together what is it نادر and the prophet told us he said سيأتي على أمتي the prophet said it will come to my umma one day that the person will not be safe from rima if he doesn't take from it the smoke of it will come his way if he doesn't come to you if you don't take from it directly indirectly it will come to you other means and other ways ورجل يعمل على سنة and the statement that was transmitted from لقمان الحكيم is when he said يابوني أم my son يستغني بالكسب الحلال I love this statement and it's a very powerful statement he was talking to his son and he was advising and he said my son suffice yourself with حلال إنكم يابوني أم my son يستغني بالكسب الحل and حلال إنكم to get yourself away from poverty suffice yourself with حلال إنكم to get yourself away from poverty فإنه مفتقرة أحد قدط إلا أصابه ثلاث وخصال there is not a person who is afflicted with poverty except that he is stricken by three characteristics he undergoes three traits anyone who is put through what poverty what is the first one رقا تون في دينه his religion becomes weak the person starts saying I think I should take this job I know it consists haram I know there is khambar in it I know what can I do poverty not having a job he went to three interviews they said you are dead it's too long you have to shave it you are good you passed everything we like you your salary is going to start from 30,000 dirhams you can start next week just do something with your bid just work on your bid shave it his religion starts to move true or false رقا تون في دينه his religion becomes weak وضع فن فيه أقله and he undergoes وضع فن فيه أقله لا يمكنك أن تفكر رقا تون في دينه تفكره رقا تون في دينه تون في دينه they are hungry the rent is due this is due وضع فن فيه أقله and sometimes you even lose your dignity three things your religion becomes weak and feeble and you are smart you can't think straight you are the wise man the clever man and the third one is وَذِهَابُ مُرُؤَتِهِ you lose your dignity and your honor it goes even if nothing else happens but you just lose your honor in your own household your partner says you can't even provide for us so you lose your honor your own dignity that's the time when e-man is greatly needed صح so how do you block yourself from that poverty he said يا بونية استغني بالكسب الحلالي suffice yourself with the Halal brothers إبراهيم ابن أدهم they said he was from a rich family his father his granddad and his family were leaders إبراهيم ابن أدهم from a rich family he's the man I told you and then him and Abu Yusuf went together and they went to the edge of the ocean إبراهيم ابن أدهم and Abu Yusuf they went to the edge of the ocean with two dry breads and they started to dip it in the ocean and then when he got soft they ate it and إبراهيم ابن أدهم said to Abu Yusuf لو علم الملوك ما نحن فيه من النعيم والصرور if the kings and the children of the kings were to know the blessing that you and I have if they knew the kings and the children of the kings were to know the happiness me and you are going through right now this moment and the happiness that we have if they knew about it لجادلون عليه بالصريوف they will come out of their palaces they will pull out their swords and they will try to take that away from us they only knew what we have his father was a leader إبراهيم ابن أدهم his granddad was a leader he was from a family of leadership wealth and money and they said he was from a zoo he walked away from all of that إبراهيم ابن أدهم when he got to the scholars they say an aesthetic person is the one that he can grab the dunya if he wants to he can his money is there everything is there he is choosing not to go that direction that person is a zahid like a zahid isn't a person who is struggling in life and then he goes you know what I'll just be aesthetic I really don't want to call that a zahid because he has no other option and he has no other choice doesn't mean that he won't get rewarded for it his patience and his endurance of course he gets rewarded for it but the word زهت but the word زهت is used for the one who the dunya comes his way has the ability to take it and he chooses not to anyways إبراهيم ابن أدهم and he said he said a very powerful statement I love this statement he said طيب طيب perfect مضع عمك perfect your income and your money وما عليك بعد ذلك أن لا تصوم النهار ولا تقوم الليل and after that يقيام الليل and you're fasting leave it to Allah he said طيب مطعمك perfect your income and your earnings وما عليك بعد ذلك and it's really not upon you meaning he means here as the scholars explained it all of those الله makes it easy for you the reason why you're unable to fast the reason why you're unable to pray قيام الليل is because of what you're eating and the income that you're making if you eat he's saying حلال the rest is it's going to go in line it's going to be it's going to all happen it's a domino effect it's all going to go down but what do you need to come with first you just have to come with طيب مطعبك perfect your earning وذلك some people they come to a sheikh and they say الله لي بقى الله فومين I have something ما يدعى فومين طيب مطعمك perfect your earnings أن يدعازك سبتر يدعاز what سبتر إن شاء الله الامام البخاري ونمرن conclude with this بخاري رحمه الله يساد من حريث أبيه ريرا ربي الله تعالى عنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من تصدق بعدل تمرت anyone who gives out a date worth of صدق من كس من طيب from حلال income someone gives out a date of صدق but from حلال income he worked hard حلال income he gave small as a date وليس عدو إلى الله and nothing goes up to Allah إلا طيب except that which is حلال فإن الله يتقبلها that small date that small صدق that you gave الله will take it up it will be lifted to him سبحانه وتعالى it will accept it from you سبحانه وتعالى how is he going to accept it with it from you the hadith says يتقبلها بيمينه الله will accept it with his right hand ومن عقيدة أهل السنة is we believe both hands of Allah are right and they are the way that befit his majesty سبحانه وتعالى ثم يوربيها الله nurtures your صدق for you the hadith says بخارج نريد his hadith ثم يوربيها الله nurtures that's one date that you gave الله nurtures it for you ثم يوربيها لصاحبها كما يوربي أحدكم فلوه the way that one of you nurtures is his baby horse they call it baby horse what's your name a pony a pony yeah the way that you nurture and take care of your pony الله عز وجل until the pony grows الله عز وجل will nurture that small date of yours and make it grow and grow until what حتى تكون until it becomes as big as the mountain of earth and we know the famous hadith رجل يطيل السفر أشعة أغبر يمدو يدي إلى السماء يا رب يا رب ومطعم وحرام ومشربه وملبسه ووضية بالحرام فأنا يستجابوا لذلك the man who traveled in the middle of the desert he raised his hand and he said يا رب حرام he was nurtured upon haram the hadith says فأنا يستجابوا لذلك how can this man's dua be accepted he eats haram he drinks haram he's wearing haram how does he accept how does he expect to raise hands that he has been doing haram transaction with how does he expect الله تعالى to accept his dua فأنا يستجابوا لذلك how can this man's dua be accepted in other words it won't be accepted so we have to make sure our mal and our wealth is haram إن شاء الله تعالى next week we're going to start talking about principles of how to identify principles of how to identify the haram income إن شاء الله تعالى a lot of you guys have many questions that you are asking and I'm going to be speaking about them such as bitcoin and other things like that we will always be speaking about that and there is things that I want you guys to understand prior to that so once we agree on all of that when these rulings and things come together you'll understand it better and it will make more sense to you إن شاء الله تعالى so we will talk about many questions that people are asking بإذن الله الكريم anything I might have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me a shaitan and that Allah and his messenger are free from it سبحانك اللهم أردتك