[10 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #137 Seek halaal/lawful earnings

Riddle: You were asked to play your favourite sport for a million dollars, the team jersery has a alcohol beverage logo on it. What would you do?
23:51 (Y. Ali) O ye apostles! enjoy (all) things good and pure, and work righteousness: for I am well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
4:29 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most …

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[4 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #135 Pay your debt

56:66 (Y. Ali) (Saying), “We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):

We were sitting with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when he raised his head towards the sky, then he put his palm on his forehead and said: “Subhaan-Allaah! What a strict issue has been revealed to me!” We remained silent and were afraid. The following morning I asked him, “O Messenger of Allaah, what is this strict issue that has been revealed?” He said, “By the One in Whose hand is my …

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[3 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #134 Stay away from Riba-Interest- Usury

2:275 (Y. Ali) Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: “Trade is like usury,” but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).
2:276 (Y. Ali) Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will …

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[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #133 Have good business ethics

2:275 (Y. Ali) …but Allah hath permitted trade
4:29 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful
10:61 (Y. Ali) In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from the Qur’an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so …

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[24 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #132 Say La illaha illallah – Tahleel

47:19 (Y. Ali) Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.
2:163 (Y. Ali) And your Allah is One Allah. There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
2:255 (Y. Ali) Allah. There is no god but He,
3:2 (Y. Ali) Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal.
3:6 (Y. Ali) He it is Who shapes you in the …

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[24 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #131 Say Allahu Akbar -Takbir

13:9 (Y. Ali) He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the Most High
17:43 (Y. Ali) Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!
31:30 (Y. Ali) That is because Allah is the (only) Reality, and because whatever else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is the Most High, Most Great
Narrated Ali: Fatima went to the Prophet complaining about the bad effect of the stone hand-mill on her hand. She heard that the Prophet had received a …