The Criterion for Fitnah (Trial, Discord or Temptation) in Wealth and Its Assessment in Worldly Matters
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the criterion for fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in wealth? And how are trials assessed in worldly matters?
Answer:
Fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in wealth is a test. Fitnah is a test, and a person is tested in his wealth: does he handle it well, and it becomes good for him, or does he handle it poorly, and it becomes bad for him? This is the aspect in which wealth is a fitnah. Wealth in itself is good, but a person’s handling of it is the subject of scrutiny. Otherwise, the original nature of wealth is that it is good.[Al-'Adiyat 100:8] meaning wealth.
If it is left, it is good, meaning wealth. Wealth is good in its essence, but a person’s handling of it is the subject of scrutiny: whether he handles it well or not. The prevailing reality is that most people do not handle it well, so wealth becomes a harm to them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: What is the criterion for fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in wealth? And how are trials assessed in worldly matters?
Answer:
Fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in wealth is a test. Fitnah is a test, and a person is tested in his wealth: does he handle it well, and it becomes good for him, or does he handle it poorly, and it becomes bad for him? This is the aspect in which wealth is a fitnah. Wealth in itself is good, but a person’s handling of it is the subject of scrutiny. Otherwise, the original nature of wealth is that it is good.
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌIf it is left, it is good, meaning wealth. Wealth is good in its essence, but a person’s handling of it is the subject of scrutiny: whether he handles it well or not. The prevailing reality is that most people do not handle it well, so wealth becomes a harm to them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
كتاب آحاديث الفتن والحوادث، أحاديث الفتن والحوادث [02] — alfawzan.live (36:12)
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