Balancing Deen & Dunya

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Today I want to highlight the importance of finding a balance between carrying out religious duties and also taking your share of this dunya.

This is something that I am constantly struggling with (being too religious or too worldly) so I want to share these points with you and pray that you benefit in this life and the next.

Bismillah.

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💎ISLAMIC GEM💎

Just because we as Muslims are meant to make the afterlife (Paradise) our main priority doesn’t mean that we are to become like monks, totally detached from wanting anything of the world

‎Allāh ﷻ even structured His religion in a way where its pillars make it easy to both worship Him and to take our share of the world

‎Consider the pillars:

‎• 🧎🏽‍♂️Salah: Allāh commands us in the Qur’an to leave off business transactions for the (Friday) prayer. Then once the prayer is done, to continue seeking His bounty

‎• 🪙 Zakat: Allāh only demands that we give 2.5% of our wealth annually — and only if we reach the nisab — as zakat. Furthermore, if we were all meant to be like monks (not earning anything from the world) why would zakat be enjoined upon us?

‎• 🌙Sawm: There was a point in time when men were not allowed to sleep with their wives at all during the month of Ramadan. But they still used to engage in this act (as they were tempted by their nafs). So Allāh allowed them to enjoy their wives during this blessed month (of Ramadan) outside of fasting hours; “It has been made permissible for you to be intimate with your wives during the nights preceding the fast. Your spouses are a garment for you as you are for them. Allāh knows that you were deceiving yourselves. So He has accepted your repentance and pardoned you. So now you may be intimate with them and seek what Allāh has prescribed for you.” (Qur’an 2:187)

‎• 🕋 Hajj: Allāh could’ve made the pilgrimage a strictly religious experience (ie. He could’ve banned all other acts during it). But out of His Mercy, He has allowed the pilgrims to engage in mutual trade and business during Hajj; “There is no blame on you for seeking the bounty of your Lord ˹during this journey˺.” (Qur’an 2:198)

‎Find a balance between enjoying the things of this world and remembering that your priority is the Eternal Abode (Paradise).