We all have definitely visited various\nmarket places and experienced financial trades at least once in our life. We\nhave either bought or sold properties in these markets. Obviously we have made\nprofit at times and lost at others. Even if we have not done any financial\ntrades ourselves, we have heard other people gain or lose profit many times.\nIndeed, this is the nature of markets that some people gain profit while others\nlose in financial trades. But regardless of being traders or not, we are all\nliving and trading in a huge market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imam Hadi (PBUH) has drawn our\nattention to this fact in a brief statement where he has said,\u201d This world is a\nmarket place in which a group of people have gained profit while others have\nlost (1)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Examining the verse of the Holy Quran\nconfirms this fundamental point that this world is a market place where all\npeople offer their life, strength, and capabilities; in fact, offering property\nis mandatory in this market place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, Amir al-Mu\u2019minin\n(PBUH) has said,\u201d Each breath one takes is a step towards death (2)\u201d.\nTherefore, man inevitably loses the capital of life every moment passes, and he\ncannot stop his life from being spent. We lose time strength, whether we like\nit or not. Hence, what is crucial in this market place of the world is to\nchoose a good customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people do trade with Allah (SWT);\nthey offer all their belongings to Him, follow His path and seek His pleasure.\nThey make their limited life eternal and trade this world for Paradise and\nAllah\u2019s (SWT) pleasure. Such people are true winners due to the following\nreasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First reason: Their customer is the\nLord to Whom everything belongs. (3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second reason: Allah (SWT) accepts\neven the smallest of deeds. He has said,\u201d So he who has done an atom’s weight\nof good shall see it\u201d (4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third reason: Allah (SWT) buys good\ndeeds at a very high price, which is the eternal Paradise (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth reason: If we have the\nintention to perform a good deed but we do not find the opportunity to actually\nperform it, Allah (SWT) will still reward us. In fact, Allah (SWT) rewards\nbased on effort and endeavor rather than the actions and consequences (6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth reason: Allah (SWT) rewards\nmultifold (7). According to the Holy Quran, He rewards seven hundred folds. The\nparable of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is as the parable\nof a grain growing seven ears (with) a hundred grains in every ear\u2026(8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, those who sell\ntheir lives for their own or others\u2019 desires and do not seek the pleasure of\nAllah (SWT) experience a huge loss. The Holy Quran refers to these people by\nthe following phrases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have done a bad trade; evil is\nthat for which they have sold their souls; and they have bought the wrath of\nthe Lord (9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their commerce shall bring no gain (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are losers (11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Rather) They\nsuffer a manifest loss (12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we have to be smart in this market\nplace and this situation. Some people consider a smart person to be one who can\nmake a big profit using any actions or statements, be it right or wrong, and\nachieve fame, popularity, position, or award in the society. Otherwise, they\nwould refer to a person who is not such as a loser, retarder, or unfortunate.\nHowever, in the Islamic context, a smart person is one who does not let go of\nhis soul, rather controls it; one who works for the eternal life; one whose day\nis better than the last; one who does not forget about death; and one who\ninstead of greed, oppression, or wretchedness, tries to gain piety, content,\nand justice, which is the real trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed \u201cThis world is a market place\nin which a group of people have gained profit while others have lost\u201d. Let us\nreflect on this statement of Imam Hadi (PBUH) in light of the verses of the\nHoly Quran again in this stage of our lives, and audit account of our lives\njust like what traders do. Let us realize whether we have made profit in the\nmarket place of this world or we are losers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The above is a\nselection taken from \u201cA Ray of Light\u201d, by Hujjat al-Islam Muhsin Qara\u2019ati (with\nsome changes and additions))<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd Website congratulates all\nMuslims, especially you dear friend, upon 15th of Dhul Hijjah, the birthday\nanniversary of the leader of the pious and the guardian of the servants, the\ntenth Imam of the Shiites,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi (PBUH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- \nTufah al-Uqul, p. 483<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- \nNahj al-Balaghah, p. 480, wisdom no. 74<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- \n\u201cHis is what is in the heavens and what is in the\nearth and what is between them two and what is beneath the ground\u201d (The Holy\nQuran (20, 6)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4- \n\u201cSo he who has done an atom’s weight of good shall\nsee it\u201d ((The Holy Quran (99, 7)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5- \n\u201cSay: Shall I tell you what is better than these?\nFor those who guard (against evil) are gardens with their Lord, beneath which\nrivers flow, to abide in them, and pure mates and Allah’s pleasure; and Allah\nsees the servants\u201d ((The Holy Quran (3, 15)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6- \n\u201cAnd that man shall have nothing but what he\nstrives for\u201d ((The Holy Quran (53, 39)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7- \n\u201cWho is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift,\nso He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and\nyou shall be returned to Him\u201d ((The Holy Quran (2, 245)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8- \n\u201cThe parable of those who spend their property in\nthe way of Allah is as the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a\nhundred grains in every ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases; and\nAllah is Ample-giving, Knowing\u201d ((The Holy Quran (2, 261)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9- \n\u201cEvil is that for which they have sold their\nsouls– that they should deny what Allah has revealed, out of envy that Allah\nshould send down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He pleases; so they\nhave made themselves deserving of wrath upon wrath, and there is a disgraceful\npunishment for the unbelievers\u201d ((The Holy Quran (2, 90)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10- \u201cThese are\nthey who buy error for the right direction, so their bargain shall bring no\ngain, nor are they the followers of the right direction\u201d ((The Holy Quran (2,\n16)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11- \u201cThese are\nthey who have lost their souls, and what they forged is gone from them\u201d ((The\nHoly Quran (11, 21)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12- \u201c\u2026 and\nwhoever takes the Satan for a guardian rather than Allah he indeed shall suffer\na manifest loss\u201d ((The Holy Quran (4, 119)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13- \u201cO Allah!\nSend Your blessings upon Ali ibn Muhammad, the heir of the successors, the\nleader of the pious, the successor of the leaders of religion, and the guardian\nof all the creation\u201d (Mafaatih al-Jinan, a phrase from the Salawaat on Imam\nHadi (PBUH))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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