Stewardship of Wealth
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Salam
I just wanted to share this essay on Stewardship of WealthAny suggestion highly appreciated
Salam PIsces69,
It is a good article. I liked the clarfication between being wealthy and being materialistic. While the Quran does not condemn the first (we are encouraged to roam the earth and seek God's bounties in Quran), Quran condemns the second, that is, being obsessed with wealth and status. It is true the majority succombs to the latter. For most people, status and wealth in reference to people and society (how others will perceive us) is very important and even more important than how their Creator actually perceives them. It is a driven strong force and that's why in Quran the several reminders and warnings that our possessions and children are but a test.
I attended a Quran-only conference in Newark early this month by Dr Fazly and part of it was about the sense of "giving" and "being charitable" in relation to the creation. It was amazing to realize that God the All-Mighty created the eath with a spherical shape and not cylindrical or cubical or other shape for a very good reason. Through the ratio volume (content/supply)/surface that can be used by us, we would have been much poorer if the earth was of another shape, in other words, God the All-Mighty has created and established the natural laws that governs HIS bounties in a way that they are made available to us without limits. (I wont' go into the details of the numbers and calculations as this is not the thread subject) but the point is that God the All-Mighty created everything at our reach, and we can see that in many instances, without doing anything, trees will give fruits and flowers, cows will give milk, chicken will give eggs, rivers will give water, etc. and all these creations or part of the big creation do not complain when they give but continue to give, because they all submit to their Lord and follow HIS natural laws while we the humans, we tend to go against this nature, we do not give without worrying or complaining or counting, or expecting something in return. Have you noticed that some trees will even make their fruits available to us without picking them up?-), they let their fruits drop on the ground, made available to anyone to be picked up and without asking the person if he/she is poor/needy, subhan Allah wa al-hamdullillah for this blessing and signs we often do take for granted. We forget that we are part of this creation and therefore we should not go against the nature, that is giving.Peace. Myr.
Peace be upon you sis Myr.
Thank you for the beautiful sketch.