Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 27 Consumption of Harām Characteristics of those who eat HarÄm
Characteristics of those who eat HarÄm
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Characteristics of those who eat HarÄm
A characteristic feature of earnings by HarÄm means the money and wealth so acquired. It is narrated from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) that he said,
“The madness of (acquiring or constructing) buildings. Mud and water occupies the head of one who earns by unlawful means.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
It means that a person with unlawful earnings is constantly worried about his wealth and strives to convert it into fixed property so that it is not lost. The buildings of mud and water neither benefit the owner in the Hereafter nor do they provide peace in this world. Such a person spends every bit of his wealth for pieces of land. Finally, Allah (S.w.T.) orders the land to swallow all his wealth.
Unlawful gains are harmful both from the worldly point of view as there is no barakat in such gain and also from the spiritual point of view as these form obstacles in the acceptance of acts of worship.
The Holy Prophet (S) says:
“When a single morsel of HarÄm enters the stomach of a person and becomes a part of his body, the angels of the sky and the earth curse him.”
(Safinat’ul-BihÄr)
The Messenger of Allah (S) has also said:
“Acts of worship accompanied by the acquiring of HarÄm are like buildings that rest on (crumbling) sand.”
(Safinat’ul-BihÄr)
They lack a firm foundation and hence are of no use. Such buildings can never remain intact and are soon destroyed.
