Benefits of Halal Food | the effect of Haram Rizq
Through halal sustenance, tawfiq of worship is gained, and light is created in the heart. Knowledge is blessed, and courage is created in the mind. On the other hand, when the heart is darkened by haram sustenance, reluctance to worship comes, and cowardice increases.
There was a common day laborer in Deoband, India. His name is Shahji Abdullah. He used to make a living by selling raw grass. Every day, he came to the market with a load of grass. He used to sell it for $0.06.
He was a principled person. People used to think that if they bought Shahji's grass and fed it to the buffaloes, cows, and goats, the milk would be better. The house will be blessed. So everyone was eager to buy his grass. No matter how much the demand increased, he didn't increase the price. He used to sell to whoever came first.
He used to divide this daily income into three parts. He used to distribute $0.2 among the poor and helpless widows. He used to spend $0.2 on the family and save $0.2. In this way, a little more than $7 was accumulated in a year. By doing this, he used to invite and feed the scholars once a year.
Sadrul Mudarrisin of Darul Uloom Deoband, Hazrat Maulana Yakub Nanutbi He said, We used to wait for the whole year to be invited to Shahji's house. Because of eating food there for 40 days, there was light in the heart for 40 days.
the effect of Haram Rizq
Another incident involving Hazrat Maulana Yakub Nanutbi occurred when he went to a house for a feast. As soon as he took the first bite, he felt that there was trouble in the house. It is likely that the food was organized by haram importers.
On inquiry, he found out that food was not made by halal importers; rather, it was forbidden. He was very worried and prayed for repentance and istighfar. Still, Hazrat Maulana Yakub Nanutbi He said that, due to the effect of this one lokma haram food, for two months I had this feeling in my heart that if I committed such and such a sin, I would commit another sin. This is the effect of Haram Rizq.
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal He was a disciple of Imam Shafi'i. Once Shafi'i lived, he wrote a letter from Egypt to Imam Ahmad. Wrote, Ahmad! I haven't seen you for many days. Come and go occasionally.
Imam Ahmad replied as soon as he received the letter, I am coming on such and such a date. As soon as he got the answer, Imam Shafi'i came out of the city with Ameer-Umarah and devotees for his Istiqbal. In due time, Imam Ahmad arrived.
All brought him forward with a warm welcome. It was decided that there would be hospitality at Imam Shafi'i's house. When food was presented to him at night, he ate to his heart's content. Arrangements were made to stay in a nice room during Isha prayer.
The children of Imam Shafi'i are happy.
The famous imam of that time is a guest at their house. But when they saw the food, they felt a little hesitant—such a big and famous scholar ate and ate to his heart's content in this way! However, at night they filled a vessel with water at the door of the house so that he could get up at night and perform ablution and pray Tahajjud.
In the morning, it was seen how the water in the vessel was maintained. It is lying like that. This increased the doubt in the minds of Imam Shafi'i's children. They said to their father, Imam Shafi'i, What kind of Imam and what kind of eating at night is like being hungry for a few days? And Tahajjud was definitely not performed at night.
But look, the vessel's water remains as I left it. How righteousness and how imam? Imam Shafi'i finally asked Imam Ahmad to answer the questions of boys and girls! When did you become involved in this situation, please? Imam Ahmad understood the matter.
He said, Hazrat had the good fortune to perform the Fajr prayer after many days by 'Isha Wudu. Then he opened the incident and said, "When I sat down to eat at your table, the food was presented, and then the whole room was filled with light. Looking at the food, I saw that light and blessings were raining down on him from the sky. Then I thought that if necessary, I would be hungry for a week, but I would not give this blessing without my hands, so I ate to my heart's content. It has two benefits for me. 1. Amli and 2. Ilmi The practical benefit is that today I performed Tahajjud and Fajr prayers with Isha ablution. So I didn't need water for ablution. And the scientific benefit is that I discovered a hundred issues from one verse while lying on the bed, which I didn't understand until now.
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