Muslims do many things
to please Allah then why non-Muslims are in the list of most successful persons
in the world? (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates)
Usually, we see only a small number of Muslims are successful
or rich in the world. Muslims do many things to please Allah. They offer
prayer, pay Zakat, do fasting, offer Hajj and believe in all those aspects that
Allah wants them to believe then why Non- Muslims are more successful and these
non-Muslims do nothing to please Allah. They even don't believe in Allah.
It is reported by Abu
Huraira that;
The
Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said, "I do not fear
poverty for you, rather I fear that you will compete for riches. I do not fear
for your mistakes, rather I fear for what you do on purpose.” (Musnad Aḥmad
8013)
The True Success of a Muslim
Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him had this fear that His ummah will grow rich, will earn wealth and this wealth will become the cause of their sins. So wealth or being rich is not the criteria for success. Most of us consider that being successful means having more wealth and the more rich the person the more successful he is. In Quran, it is mentioned in Surah Al-Hujrat that true richness is the richness of Eman and Taqwa.
یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ ذَكَرٍ وَّ اُنْثٰى وَ جَعَلْنٰكُمْ شُعُوْبًا وَّ قَبَآىٕلَ لِتَعَارَفُوْاؕ-اِنَّ اَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَتْقٰىكُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِیْمٌ خَبِیْرٌ(۱۳)
O mankind, indeed we have created you
from male and female and made you people and tribes that you may know one
another. Indeed, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous
of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. ( Al Hujrat 49:13).
The criteria of judgment in the sight of Allah are not cast, color, wealth, and money but RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him said;
يَدْخُلُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْجَنَّةَ
قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ وَهُوَ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ عَامٍ
The poor Muslims are
admitted into Paradise before the rich by half a day. And that is five hundred
years. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2354)
A rich man has to give accounts of all his spending. He will be questioned about Zakat. Whereas, the poor man will get a hundred out of a hundred in Zakat because he doesn't need to pay Zakat. For this, we can even see the example of the most successful person in the world in the sight of Allah. Without any doubt, he is the Beloved Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him. What he did leave behind? Did he leave behind wealth and money? No, He left behind Sahaba, who were the taught bearers of the world.
The direct lines from
the last sermon of Prophet Mohammad Peace Be Upon Him;
"I leave behind me two things, the Quran and the Sunnah and if
you follow these you will never go astray." "All those who listen to
me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last
ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly."
Today, even though many Arab Muslims are counted as the
richest persons in the world but still Muslims have no power like non-Muslims.
The reason behind this is only that, we left the Quran and Sunnah. We divided
and lost unity.
Who is the richest
person in the world?
Most of young Muslims will answer, "Jeff Bezos". But, what did our Prophet Muhammad Peace be
Upon Him said about the richest person in the world? He said;
رکعتاالفجر خیرمن الدنیا وما فیھا
"The two Rak'ah before the dawn (Fajr)
prayer are better than this world and all it contains."
So we Believers of Islam just need to
strive for the hereafter and the only thing that will be acceptable in the
sight of Allah is on the day of judgment, it is not your money, not your wealth
but it is your Good deeds, it's your righteous deeds. So, even if a person is
rich in this world, he may not be rich in the hereafter. If a person runs
behind money and wealth in this world and considers it a success, he may not
get a share in the hereafter. Therefore for Muslims, the prime focus or the
true richness is the richness of Iman, Taqwa.
“Success is based upon the Person's good
deeds or the person's righteous deeds. So we need to understand that even
though some people, maybe rich, may be wealthy but that is never the criteria
to judge the success of Human beings.”