With the Hadith - Whoever seeks the world lawfully

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July 05, 2025

With the Hadith - Whoever seeks the world lawfully

With the Hadith

Whoever seeks the world lawfully

We greet you all, dear listeners everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting, so peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated in his Musannaf, saying:

Abu Bakr narrated to us, saying: Waki’ narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Hajjaj ibn Furafisa, from a man, from Mak-hul, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever seeks the world lawfully, abstaining from begging, striving for his family, and being compassionate to his neighbor, will meet God with his face like the moon on the night of the full moon. And whoever seeks the world lawfully, accumulating, showing off, will meet God while He is angry with him."

It is mentioned in the book Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-Masabih in explaining this hadith:

His saying: (Whoever seeks the world lawfully): meaning through a lawful way.

(Abstaining): that is, for the sake of seeking chastity from begging: In al-Nihayah, abstaining is seeking chastity and being chaste, which is refraining from what is forbidden and asking from people.

(And striving for his family): that is, for the sake of his family members for whom he is obligated to provide.

(And being compassionate to his neighbor): being kind to him with what is surplus to him.

(Will meet God Almighty on the Day of Resurrection and his face): that is, while his face, in terms of the perfection of light and the ultimate joy, is (like the moon on the night of the full moon): He restricted it to this because it is the time of its perfection.

(And whoever seeks the world lawfully): that is, in addition to seeking it unlawfully.

(Accumulating): that is, while seeking an abundance of wealth for the best condition and not spending it on improving the afterlife.

(Boasting): that is, over the poor, as is the habit of the foolish among the rich.

(Showing off): that is, if any good or giving comes from him.

(Will meet God Almighty while He is angry with him):

Perhaps, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, did not mention whoever seeks the forbidden, either because it is understood from the content of the speech, or as an indication that it is not the work of the people of Islam, or as a notification that eating and approaching the forbidden is forbidden, even if there is no seeking or desire.

Al-Tibi, may God have mercy on him, said: In the hadith is the meaning of the verse: (The Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black), and these are two expressions of God Almighty's pleasure and anger. So his saying: and his face is like the moon is an exaggeration in obtaining satisfaction by indicating his saying in contrast: while He is angry with him (narrated by al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman, and Abu Nu'aym in al-Hilya) ended.

Dear listeners

In this noble hadith, the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, explains that Islam, just as it urged lawful work, also urged spending lawfully, and forbade hoarding wealth or spending it for showing off, pride, and arrogance.

The motives for work, i.e. striving for earning (seeking the world) among people, as the noble hadith explained, range between two things:

Striving in obedience

And striving in disobedience

As for seeking in obedience, it is that a man works to earn his livelihood so that he is not forced to ask people, so he wants to preserve his dignity and protect himself from the humiliation of begging.

Or for the sake of earning a living for his family, which is one of the obligations that the true Sharia has ordered him to do, and what cannot be done except by it is obligatory, so this work of his is obligatory.

Or for the sake of increasing his wealth to help the needy and relieve the distressed, it is an act in which the feeling of responsibility is manifested. And keenness to fulfill the right of brotherhood in Islam.

These are motives that Islam wants and the Most Merciful is pleased with, so its reward was distinct and great.......The moon on the night of the full moon is at its full brightness and splendor. This is the state of whoever has attained God's pleasure and love.

As for seeking the world in disobedience, as mentioned in the hadith, it is to seek it lawfully but for a forbidden purpose

Collecting money and increasing it without spending it is considered hoarding wealth, and God has forbidden hoarding wealth. God Almighty said: "And those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of God - give them tidings of a painful punishment."

Likewise, collecting money in order to spend it to show off to people and be proud and arrogant towards them is also forbidden, and its doer incurs the wrath of God and what a wretched destination.

O God, make us among those who spend with kindness, and do not make us among the stingy or the show-offs.

Amen

Dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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With the Hadith - Do you know who is bankrupt?

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May Allah greet you, our dear listeners, listeners of the radio of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir. We meet you again with our program "With the Hadith," and the best way to start our episode is with the greeting of Islam, so peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

It is mentioned in Musnad Ahmad - Remainder of the Musnad of the Prolific Narrators - that the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person.

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman from Zuhair from al-'Ala' from his father from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Do you know who is bankrupt?" They said: "The bankrupt among us, O Messenger of Allah, is the one who has no dirham or goods." He said: "Indeed, the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person. So he will sit, and this one will take from his good deeds, and that one will take from his good deeds, and if his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed to him of sins, their sins will be taken and cast upon him, then he will be thrown into the Fire."

This hadith, like other important hadiths, must be understood and realized. Some people are bankrupt despite their prayers, fasting, and zakat, because they insulted this person, slandered this person, consumed the wealth of this person, shed the blood of this person, and beat this person.

His bankruptcy is that his good deeds, which are his capital, are taken and given to this one and used to pay off that one for the price of his slander, insult, and beating. After his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed, their sins are taken and cast upon him, then he is thrown into the Fire.

When the Prophet, peace be upon him, asked his companions, "Do you know who is bankrupt?" "Do you know" means knowledge and awareness of the inner workings of things. "Do you know" means "Do you really know who is bankrupt?" This confirms the saying of our master Ali, may Allah honor his face: "Wealth and poverty are after the presentation to Allah." When they were asked this question, they answered based on their experiences: "The bankrupt among us is the one who has no dirham or goods." This is the bankrupt in the eyes of the companions of the Messenger of Allah. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No... HE SAID: "INDEED, THE BANKRUPT OF MY NATION IS THE ONE WHO COMES ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION WITH FASTING, PRAYER, AND CHARITY..."

This confirms the saying of our master Umar: "Whoever wishes may fast, and whoever wishes may pray, but it is righteousness," because prayer, fasting, Hajj, and zakat are acts of worship that a person may do with sincerity, or he may do them hypocritically, but the center of gravity is to adhere to the command of Allah.

We ask Allah to keep us steadfast on the truth, and make us of His righteous servants, and replace our bad deeds with good deeds, and not disgrace us on the Day of Presentation to Him, O Allah, Amen.

Our dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we entrust you to Allah, whose deposits are never lost. Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

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November 10, 2025

With the Hadith - The Hypocrites and Their Evil Deeds

With the Hadith

The Hypocrites and Their Evil Deeds

We greet you all, dear friends, everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

It was narrated from Buraidah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Do not call a hypocrite 'Sayyid' (master), for if he is a master, then you have angered your Lord, the Almighty and Sublime." Narrated by Abu Dawood with a Sahih (authentic) chain of narration.

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Indeed, the best of speech is the word of God Almighty, and the best guidance is the guidance of His Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, peace and blessings be upon him. Now then,

This noble Hadith guides us on how to deal with the hypocrites we know. The Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, was the only one who knew all the hypocrites by their names, but we can recognize some of them by their characteristics, such as those mentioned in the Quran who perform their obligatory duties lazily and grudgingly, and those who plot against Islam and Muslims, encourage strife, spread corruption on earth, and love to spread immorality by calling for it, protecting it, and nurturing it, and those who tell lies about Islam and Muslims... and others who are characterized by hypocrisy.

Therefore, we must understand what the Sharia (Islamic law) has deemed good and what it has deemed bad, so that we can distinguish the hypocrite from the sincere, and take appropriate action towards them. We should not trust those who do what contradicts the Sharia while pretending to do what they do out of concern for Islam and Muslims. We should not follow them or support them, or even less than that, by describing them as "Sayyid," otherwise God Almighty will be angry with us.

We Muslims must be the most keen people on Islam and Muslims, and not allow any hypocrite an entry point into our religion and our families, as they are among the most dangerous things we may face these days due to their abundance and the multiplicity of their faces. We must use the Sharia scale to measure the actions of those who claim to be Muslims, for Islam protects us from such evildoers.

We ask God to protect our nation from such criminals, and to guide us to the straight path and the correct scale by which we measure people's behavior, so that we stay away from those whom God does not love. Amen.

Dear friends, until we meet you with another prophetic Hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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