With all of this it is incumbent upon us to give wealth its just
estimation. It is upon us to knows it true position in our lives so that we
fulfill the rights of Allaah through it. Wealth is a gift from Allaah. It
doesn’t actually belong to you. It is not given to you because of your skills,
or qualifications or or the degree of your ability or the amount of work you
put in to get it. This is like what Qaaroon said:
"This has been given to me only because of knowledge I
possess." [al-Qassas 28:78]
No matter how intelligent you are, there will always be people who are
more intelligent than you.
No matter what skills you think you possess, there
will always be people who have greater skills than you.
Irrespective of the
features you think you have possessed in order to get your wealth, none of
those who came before you who had the same mentality were helped by their
wealth.
Their wealth could not save them in the slightest. This is visible and
plain for us all to witness. If this is true status of wealth, then the only
conclusion is that wealth is not ours because we deserve it, rather it is a
gift given to us by Allaah. It has nothing to do with us and our abilities.
7. (And We
said): "If you do good, you do good for your ownselves, and if you do evil
(you do it) against yourselves." [al-Israa 17:6-7]
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