What is your advice for one who has repented from selling prohibited items, then disposed of his forbidden wealth and became poor and unemployed?

The questioner:
Yes. The questioner says: I accumulated my wealth from prohibited items over several years, and I wanted to repent to Allah, so I spent it all in the cause of Allah. I became completely destitute, with no money and no work, and I fear falling back into sin. What is your advice? What is your advice? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
Our advice is that you should place your reliance on Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and seek provision. Seek provision. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: You should rely on Allah and seek provision through lawful means. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) provides for those who place their reliance on Him and for those who seek provision through lawful means. Praise be to Allah, the means have not been closed off, and praise be to Allah, they are still available. So you must be diligent and strive to seek provision. Had you not been hasty in spending the money you had and becoming poor, but rather had you waited and asked the scholars before acting, or had you asked the scholars before so they could guide you regarding this money, distinguishing the lawful from the forbidden, because you may have been mistaken in thinking that something was forbidden when it was not, then do not rely on your own understanding. You are not a student of knowledge or a jurist. You must ask the scholars before you act.