![]() Those who may have a profession or a trade and after they give away their wealth they also abandon the source of income, so they end up depending on people’s charity and begging others for aid. ![]() Rather, I only condemn those who give away all their wealth while not having a source of income or a trade or a profession from which they can earn money. I do not however criticize or condemn whosoever’s financial condition and character is as such. Thus though he donated all of his wealth, he would still be able to take a loan (and trade) and live on it. business) and was known to have the trait of being resolute. If an ignorant person, however, decides to object to this by saying, ‘Well, Abu Bakr (radi-Allahu ‘anhu) gave away all his wealth ’ (Abu Dawud, #1678), the answer to him will be, ‘Abu Bakr (radiAlldbu ‘anhu) had a trade (i.e. This is evident because the Prophet (saws) said to his Companion Ka‘b Ibn Malik (Radi-Allahu ‘anhu), “Keep for yourself some of your wealth” (Bukhari, #4676) and he also advised Sa’d (Radi-Allahu ‘anhu), “Leaving your heirs with sufficient funds is better than leaving them in need for others’ charity.” (Bukhari, #5354) I have been thinking and pondering until I realized that maintaining wealth is incumbent on every person and what the ignorant amongst the ascetics call reliance upon Allah (tawaqqul) is giving away what one possesses is not prescribed in Islam.
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