Hoping for abundant wealth to use it in obedience
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If a person hopes in his heart that Allah will give him a great deal of wealth to be a means for him to obey Allah, and to enjoy what is permissible from wives and houses, and to use it in charitable projects, is this hope among the deeds that Allah loves?
Answer:
He should not ask for an abundance of wealth if he already has plenty; rather, he should ask Allah for wealth and competence, and for not needing people. As for asking for a great deal of wealth, or saying, "I would prefer something better than this," when he does not know what is better, even though he is doing well,[At-Tawbah 9:74-76] first and foremost. As for fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), a person does not ask Allah for fitnah; he asks Allah for good, for good, for sufficiency, for chastity, and for being independent of people; he asks Allah for this.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If a person hopes in his heart that Allah will give him a great deal of wealth to be a means for him to obey Allah, and to enjoy what is permissible from wives and houses, and to use it in charitable projects, is this hope among the deeds that Allah loves?
Answer:
He should not ask for an abundance of wealth if he already has plenty; rather, he should ask Allah for wealth and competence, and for not needing people. As for asking for a great deal of wealth, or saying, "I would prefer something better than this," when he does not know what is better, even though he is doing well,
(74) They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper. (75) And among them are those who made a covenant with Allah, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous." (76) But when he gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.
وَلَا نَصِيرٍ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ لَئِنْ آتَانَا مِن فَضْلِهِ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ فَلَمَّا آتَاهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوا بِهِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : والرب ليس يضيع ما يتحمل المتحملون لأجله من شان — islamhouse.com (1:08:39)
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