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Assalam wale kum,

 

brother can u answer me what is a diffrent between halal & haram.

One person who m i no him very well he doing 5 time nawaz but also he take the money from wrong way ...... he is a right r wrong please tell me the right answer ,

bregards

 

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Answer:

 

Doing good and doing evil

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 160:

160    He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit: he that doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil.  No wrong shall be done unto (any of) them.

 

In the merciful but just Scales of Justice of the Lord Most Gracious, any that does a good deed for the Sake of Allah Subhanah, and that deed is acceptable to Allah…the Lord Most Gracious shall credit the person’s account with ten times its due; and any that does a deed which is in transgression of the boundaries of Allah Subhanah and does not seek repentance for their transgression, they shall be recompensed according to their evil.

 

Thus if there is one who strictly guards and observes their duty of the five obligatory prayers only for the sake of Allah Subhanah; they shall earn their due reward for their good deed…..and if the same person commits an evil by earning his livelihood from unlawful means, he shall indeed have to account for his sin in the Presence of his Lord Most Majestic.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 11 Surah Hud verses 114-115:

114    And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: for those things that are good remove those that are evil: be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord):

115    And be steadfast in patience; for verily Allah will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.

 

As much as the doing of good deeds wipe out one’s evil deeds, the Messenger of Allah (saws) declared in an authentic narration that the evil deeds eat into one’s good deeds in their book of records just as fire burns fire-wood!  Thus one who strives to do good for the Sake of Allah should also beware and strive one’s utmost to abstain from transgressing the prescribed boundaries of the Lord Most Majestic, lest his evil deeds eat into and invalidate his good deeds and he finds himself absolutely bankrupt in the Hereafter!

 

Sahih Muslim Hadith 6251     Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Do you know who is a ‘muflis’ (abjectly poor or one who is totally bankrupt)?’ They (the Companions (r.a.) of the Prophet (saws)) said: ‘A ‘muflis’ amongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor wealth.’ He (the Prophet (saws)) said: ‘The ‘muflis’ of my Ummah would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakah but (he would find himself bankrupt on that day as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny against others, unlawfully consumed the wealth of others, shed the blood of others, and beat others. His virtues would be credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good deeds fall short to clear the account (of his mis-deeds), then their sins would be entered in (his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire!’

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan