Saving money for the future
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on saving money for the future, and buying necessities in this world for the future?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. They save foodstuffs, and they save grains, fruits, and produce for their needs; there is nothing wrong with it. Yusuf (peace be upon him) said:[Yusuf 12:55]. The treasuries mean the stores in which foodstuffs are kept for the public treasury. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on saving money for the future, and buying necessities in this world for the future?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. They save foodstuffs, and they save grains, fruits, and produce for their needs; there is nothing wrong with it. Yusuf (peace be upon him) said:
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
قَالَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (55:46)
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