Look Who it Was Random video

The Need to Feed your Greed; Being Wasteful of the World - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

703 views · Published 21 July 2015 · 29:51 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

Watch on YouTube

- Specific purposes of Ramadhan according to Allah's wisdom
- An expectation of taqwa
- Fasting is a training exercise, to control our desires
- This world is for us, however we are not for this world
- The freedom and blessings of this world comes with the duty of responsibility placed upon us
- We must have lawful earnings
- We must exercise responsible spending
- Extremes must always be avoided, maintaining moderation
- Two extremes in spending is known as israf and tabzhil - extravagance and wastage
- Using blessings to look presentable/nice, eat and drink satisfactorily, but do not exercise extravagance
- Extravagance has been a story throughout history, up to today for the modern man
- The example of Greece, neither spent wisely, nor did they responsibly borrow
- On an individual level you must not live beyond your means, otherwise you will fall into unmanageable debt
- The natural human condition of hifz-greed
- Ramadhan is a training to combat and control that desire of greed
- The engrained culture of debt in todays society
- The marketing of products across life, using the enticement of loans
- Aside from various exceptions, using loans is generally makruh
- The recommended loans which don't include interest, offered by those who can afford it to those who are in need
- Aiding someone with an interest free loan is multiple times better than charity
- The struggle to maintain contentment with what you already have
- Always look at those who are lower than you, to appreciate what you have, and not hold greed for more by looking at those above you
- The related issue of tabzhil, being wasteful of the world
- This is considered being ungrateful like the Shaitan
- The mass wastage of food products in todays society
- The uneven distribution of food throughout the world, where many waste food, and many more starve
- We are to be the conduit for God's mercy upon the less fortunate, by not only providing for them, but not being wasteful in our own homes
- The wastage of water in our homes, even when doing wudhu and ghusl
- The broad meaning of israf, not only regarding food/drink, material items etc. Even in behaviour, going to the extremes
- The example of takfiris, killing innocent people, seen as an extreme, or israf at a whole different level

"Todays culture says that to be in perpetual debt is a way of life. You go to university on loan, cars on loan, homes on loan, marriage on loan. Easy credit lines, mortgages, credit cards, retail product financing. All of these fuel our element of greed."

"Don't live beyond your means. That lifestyle pushes you into unmanageable debt. The Islamic sciences of Akhlaq terms this as a human condition; a disease known as greed. Ramadhan was training for us to restrain our desires. If we succeed in Ramadhan, we can control our greed."

MP3: https://s3.amazonaws.com/JCC/Ramadhan/1436/EidulFitrKhutba_FINAL_Rizvi_20150718103252.mp3

Eid-ul-Fitr Khutba
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: July 18th, 2015

www.facebook.com/IslamiCentre.org
www.twitter.com/sayyidmrizvi
www.islamicentre.org

More from this channel