Allah is clean (and pure) and accepts nothing save good (and pure) deeds.
Allah is clean (and pure) and accepts nothing save good (and pure) deeds.” [^6] Some Traditions On Lawfulness and Unlawfulness An Islamic tradition says: “Allah does not accept the worship of someone who has eaten a single morsel of something unlawful.” [^7] The Prophet (S) said: “Seeking the lawful (things) is the duty of every Muslim man and woman.” [^8] The Prophet (S) said: “Worship has 70 parts and the most superior of them is seeking the lawful (things).” [^9] The holy Prophet (S) said: “Whoever travels for obtaining lawful sustenance is like a warrior in the Path of Allah.” [^10] Salman Farsi was asked: “Which deed is the best?” He replied: “To have faith in Allah and (to eat) lawful bread (i.e., to earn an honest living).” [^11] The Prophet (S) said: “Whoever earns his bread by his own hands, Allah will look at him with mercy and will never chastise him.” [^12] The Prophet (S) said: “Whoever eats that which is lawful, an angel will overshadow him and will continue to ask Allah’s pardon for him until he finishes eating.” [^13] The Prophet (S) said: “Seeking the lawful is struggle (jihad) in the cause of Allah.” The Prophet (S) said: “Seeking the lawful (sustenance) is obligatory next to the obligatory (prayer).” [^14] The Prophet (S) said: “It is the duty of every Muslim to try to obtain lawful (sustenance).” [^15] The Prophet (S) said: “The best of deeds is to earn an income legally and honestly.” [^16] Some Traditions On Unlawful Income and Business The Prophet (S) said: “When Allah makes something unlawful, its money becomes also unlawful.” [^17] The sixth Imam (as) said: “The result of unlawful income will become manifest in one’s descendants.” [^18] The Prophet (S) said: “When an unlawful morsel enters a servant’s body, all the angels in the heavens and the earth will curse him.” [^19] The Prophet (S) said: “Worshipping (Allah) with eating that which is unlawful is like a building on sand or some say like a building on water.” [^20] Imam Baqir (as) said: “The truth is that if a man obtains some property unlawfully, his Hajj pilgrimage, If ‘Umrah, and his observance of the ties of kinship will not be accepted, and even his chastity will be ruined in it.” [^21] The Prophet (S) said: “Allah has made Paradise forbidden for a body which has been fed inward unlawfully.” [^22] The Prophet (S) said: “Abstaining from having one unlawful morsel (of food) is more liked by Allah (s.w.t.) than the performance of two thousand rak‘ats of a recommended prayers.” [^23] Imam Ali-ibn-Abitalib (as) said: “A generous one is he who avoids from the unlawful things and keeps himself pure from defects.” [^24] The Sixth Imam (as) said: “Imam Ali (as) has said: ‘Whoever devours a believer’s property unlawfully is not our friend’.” [^25] Surah al-Mu’minun - Verse 52 وإِنَّ هَذِهِ اُمَّتُكُمْ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَاْ رَبُّكُمْ فَاتَّقُونِ 52.
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