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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Impact of Sins and Disobedience on High Prices

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Question:
This man asks: Are sins and disobedience a cause for the rise and high cost of prices? He hopes for guidance on this matter?

Answer:
There is no doubt that sins and disobedience are the cause of all evil, including the rise in prices. In the hadith, it is stated that a people do not withhold the zakah of their wealth except that they are afflicted with severe hardship, and a people do not reduce the measures and scales except that they are afflicted
severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the skyبشدة المؤونة وجور السلطان، وما منعوا زكاة أموالهم إلا منعوا القطر من السماء
Sunan Ibn Majah 4019Sahih (Darussalam)
. So sins have an impact, and Allah may punish with them. And what has come down is that 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No calamity descends except by a sin, and it is not lifted except by repentance. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source لقاء مفتوح [الشماسية] — alfawzan.live (35:50)

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