Chapter: What is to be guarded against from the trial of wealth. And the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, your wealth and your children are a trial.”
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The reciter: Chapter: What is to be guarded against from the trial of wealth. And the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Anfal 8:28]
The Shaykh : The saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anfal 8:28] This formulation contains restriction. What is its path?
The reciter: Indeed
The Shaykh : Indeed, meaning that your wealth and your children are nothing but a trial. But is it a trial of good or a trial of evil? Allah the Exalted says: It may be a trial of good and it may be a trial of evil. Likewise, wealth and children may be such that the child is righteous, becoming a helper to his father in his life in obedience to Allah, and benefiting him after his death through supplication. And likewise, wealth. So the trial here includes both this and that. Therefore, Allah said after it: [At-Taghabun 64:15] Meaning, make this a trial in good, so that you may attain the reward.
your properties and your children are but a trial
إنما أموالكم وأولادكم فتنةThe Shaykh : The saying of Allah the Exalted:
your properties and your children are but a trial
إنما أموالكم وأولادكم فتنةThe reciter: Indeed
The Shaykh : Indeed, meaning that your wealth and your children are nothing but a trial. But is it a trial of good or a trial of evil? Allah the Exalted says: