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orderly manner, but I fall people concentrated on one trade then necessities
would not be found and general destruction would ensue. In this way the people
have followed the saying of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him: “The
diversity of my nation is a mercy.” This means the diversity of their professions
and trades.
The market of this worldly life should not deter him from seeking the market of
the Hereafter, the markets of the Hereafter are the mosques, Allah, the Almighty
said: “there are men who exalt Him there, whom neither trade nor sale can divert
from the remembrance of Allah, and establish the prayers, and pay the obligatory
charity.” (Koran Ch. 24 verse 37).
From the righteousness of the early Muslims who used to make the start of the
day and the end of the day for the Hereafter, and the middle of the day for trade.
One should not be over eager to trade, so that he is the first to arrive and the last
to leave.
He should restrict himself to only distancing himself from the unlawful, but he
would not be found and general destruction would ensue. In this way the people
have followed the saying of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him: “The
diversity of my nation is a mercy.” This means the diversity of their professions
and trades.
The market of this worldly life should not deter him from seeking the market of
the Hereafter, the markets of the Hereafter are the mosques, Allah, the Almighty
said: “there are men who exalt Him there, whom neither trade nor sale can divert
from the remembrance of Allah, and establish the prayers, and pay the obligatory
charity.” (Koran Ch. 24 verse 37).
From the righteousness of the early Muslims who used to make the start of the
day and the end of the day for the Hereafter, and the middle of the day for trade.
One should not be over eager to trade, so that he is the first to arrive and the last
to leave.
He should restrict himself to only distancing himself from the unlawful, but he