A guiding word for those who accumulate wealth by any means, whether lawfully or unlawfully?
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Question:
Shaykh Salih hopes you will grant him a request and says: We would like a guiding word from your eminence for those who accumulate wealth by any means, especially in a case like this?
Answer:
Accumulating wealth is a responsibility, just as spending it is a responsibility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The foot of a servant will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about four things," and among them: "From where did he acquire his wealth? And in what did he spend it?" So you will be asked about this wealth: from where did you obtain it? Was it from what is lawful, or from what is forbidden, or from lying and deception? Then you will also be asked about what you spent it on: did you spend it in what is forbidden, in prohibited expenditures? For you are accountable for it. So wealth is a responsibility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). In the hadith, it is stated thatSahih al-Bukhari 3118 It is obligatory for the Muslim to fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). And if he is in a position of responsibility, he must fulfill that responsibility in the prescribed manner, without favoring anyone, or being lenient in applying the public system, which is in the interest of the Muslims and is obedience to the one in authority in enjoining good. Yes.
Shaykh Salih hopes you will grant him a request and says: We would like a guiding word from your eminence for those who accumulate wealth by any means, especially in a case like this?
Answer:
Accumulating wealth is a responsibility, just as spending it is a responsibility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The foot of a servant will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about four things," and among them: "From where did he acquire his wealth? And in what did he spend it?" So you will be asked about this wealth: from where did you obtain it? Was it from what is lawful, or from what is forbidden, or from lying and deception? Then you will also be asked about what you spent it on: did you spend it in what is forbidden, in prohibited expenditures? For you are accountable for it. So wealth is a responsibility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). In the hadith, it is stated that
Some people spend Allah's Wealth (i.e. Muslim's wealth) in an unjust manner; such people will be put in the (Hell) Fire on the Day of Resurrection.
في آخر الزمان يأتي أناس يَتَخَوَّضُونَ فِي مَالِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ فَلَهُمُ النَّارُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كلمة توجيهية لمن يجمع المال بأي وجه كان سواء بحق أو بغير حق؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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