Can Money Make You Happy?

Assalaamu Alaikum!

This your brother Majed Mahmoud 

Does money make a person happy?

Is money a source of every evil?

Can money be with those that are religious?

Can I be a Muslim, proper 'Alem, Scholar, Sheikh, Qari that is a multimillionaire at the same time?

Before I answer that question, be honest with yourself.

What's the answer to it?

As a believer you have to know right away that absolutely yes! 

You can be very rich and be very religious in the same time!

You can be the one that has all the money in the world, in addition be the one who supports everyone that is in need and be in the highest level in paradise!

Look at Rasoolullahi (ﷺ)

At one time Rasoollullah (ﷺ) had amount of vehicles (ghanam) which is like animals that covered the valley between two mountains!

And wasn't he multimillionaire at that time?

If not even more? Absolutely!

Wasn't he happy with it?

Of course he was!

He was Rasoollullah.

Look at Suleiman (Alayhi Salaam)

Prophet Suleiman - the richest person ever walked on the face of this earth and let me add one more point.

And the richest person that will ever walk on the face of this earth!

And wasn't he happy?

ﷺ to Suleiman (Alayhi Salaam) who will be attaining 'firdaus al 'ala' - the highest ever!

Wasn't Abu Baqr As Siddiq, Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf, the ten people who were promised paradise?

How many of these ten people (RadiyAllahu Anhum) these great companions, the Prophet said, 'You are in jannah, you are in jannah, you are in jannah.'

How many of them were multi multimillionaires?

Abu Baqar As Siddique (RadiyAllahu Anhu) he is known as As Siddiq and he is also known as another nick name.

What was it?

What's his other nick name?

Al Atiq!

The one who frees that slaves.

He had so much money that he would buy slave and free him, buy the slave and free him.

So this concept that a religious person cannot be happy with money or basically that money comes only with evil...that's incorrect!

But the question that we should ask, 'What's that one element had we have along with money then we will benefit, then we will be happy from it?'

That's the real awesome question. 

The answer to this question brothers and sisters, it is—Iman!

Bring Iman with whatever blessing with Allah that Allah has blessed you with then that will be a source of happiness to you.

What's the proof?

Allah says in the Quran

'Whoever does a righteous deed along with the Iman'...what will happen?

'We will bless them with a good life.'

SubahaanAllah!

So if you have money, is it with Iman?

Yes!

Then bi'ithnillah you will be happy with it.

Because Iman will allow you to get the money form halal resource, spend it in the way that pleases Allah, and enjoy your time with whatever Allah made permissible.

And you fulfil your duties with it.

That's when Iman comes in place. 

Many people are rich, filthy rich, but they are miserable!

They commit suicide, why?

Because they are missing the Iman component!

Even if they got it from the halal perspective, they got it from a proper business and they spend it for orphans etc. but there is no Iman.

It will not work out.

Subhaan llah!

So the key point is Iman.

We ask Allah Subhanahuta'ala to bless me and you with wealth, had it been good for us, along with Iman to be of benefit to the whole Ummah and be with the Sahaabah and with our Prophet (ﷺ).

Although in sha Allah we will meet altogether in jannah.

Jazakummullahu Khair.

By Ustadh Majed Mahmoud