Poverty...

Poverty, Deprivation, and Loss of Blessings Another consequence of earning and consuming unlawful food is poverty. This may refer to spiritual poverty, meaning that success in worship and righteous deeds is taken away, or that the spiritual effect of one’s actions is lost. It may also refer to material poverty, meaning that blessings are removed from one’s livelihood. Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS) said: “Unlawful wealth does not grow and does not increase. If it does increase, it has no blessing.

Whatever a person gives from it in the way of God receives no reward, and whatever he leaves behind is provision for him toward the Fire of Hell” . [15] 8. Being Deprived of Paradise One of the consequences of forbidden morsels is being…