Give Generously
Money is one of those things that often cause people to fight. If we listen to the Prophet's teachings we will learn how to avoid this. Sharing and being charitable is one of the best ways to avoid jealousy. So if we have wealth, we should always give some away to poor people who have little or nothing. This brings peace and balance between those who have not and those who have. If we can, we also lend to people who are in need, but we must not ask for more back than we gave, that is called "Riba' or interest, and that is forbidden to do.
Money is one of those things that often cause people to fight. If we listen to the Prophet's teachings we will learn how to avoid this. Sharing and being charitable is one of the best ways to avoid jealousy. So if we have wealth, we should always give some away to poor people who have little or nothing. This brings peace and balance between those who have not and those who have. If we can, we also lend to people who are in need, but we must not ask for more back than we gave, that is called "Riba' or interest, and that is forbidden to do.
Work Hard and Be Honest
In business we should be fair and not raise the price of things people need. There is enough for all people on this earth to eat, but some are holding food back because it keeps the price high and that makes them more money.
God has especially blessed whatever you earn by hard work with your hands Once a man came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and asked for help, he taught him to cut wood and later the man became very rich and never asked anyone for anything again. [2]
So the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught us to always be satisfied with even a little. He said, "(A person) who lives a day in safety of his life , with a healthy body and food enough for one day, is like a person to whom the world and all it contains has been given' [3] That's how we should look at life, always positive, and smiling.
Love and the Family
Men and Women must try live together in love and peace. This is why the family is so important, without a loving family, children feel unwanted and alone. Mothers and Fathers should try to make the home a place of peace and happiness. Everybody should share in the work and to help clean the house, especially children.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, was the best of Fathers, he taught elders to be merciful to children and for children to love and respect their elders. Even though he was himself an orphan - his father passed away before he was born and his mother died when he was six - the Prophet especially told us to look after our Mothers and that Paradise was hidden under their feet. That means we must never be too proud to serve our Parents, even if they cannot buy you everything you want.
Caring for Orphans
Sometimes children from rich homes are spoilt; they show off and are proud because of the things they have, this causes envy. Those who don't have nice clothes and big houses feel sad. So we should think about the poor orphans, who have no Mother or Father, and no food, let alone money to buy nice clothes.
War & Peace
Throughout man's history people have started wars. There are always people ready to fight you, but you have to think, what are you fighting for? God the Almighty has given permission to defend yourself and fight back when someone is driving you out you out of your homes. So fighting is sometimes necessary, but it should never go further than it needs to. If your enemies agree to stop fighting, you should accept it and make peace.
Once the Prophet, peace be upon him, made a peace agreement called the "Treaty of Hudayybiyah' with the Makkan Tribes who had been fighting the Muslims. Even though the Tribal Chiefs were forbidding Muslims from making pilgrimage to the House of God in Makkah, he agreed to their request and signed the Treaty. Next year they were allowed to make the pilgrimage.
Years later, when the Makkans broke the Treaty and went back on their word, the Prophet and his companions, after twenty years of suffering and being driven out of their homes, marched with a great Army and opened Makkah. The people were not killed, but instead he forgave them and let them live in peace.
Peace is necessary for people to enjoy life and return to their homelands, so families can be joined together again and have the freedom to worship God, calmly and without fear.
Look how kind the Prophet was to his enemies. To be good is not easy, especially when people are attacking you. Sometimes it feels like a war is raging in your heart, that's when you have to be strong to fight what is inside you!
Listen to Yusuf Islam read "Peace Notes"
[2] A man of the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and begged from him. He (the Prophet) asked: Have you nothing in your house? He replied: Yes, a piece of cloth, a part of which we wear and a part of which we spread (on the ground), and a wooden bowl from which we drink water. He said: Bring them to me. He then brought these articles to him and he (the Prophet) took them in his hands and asked: Who will buy these? A man said: I shall buy them for one dirham. He said twice or thrice: Who will offer more than one dirham? A man said: I shall buy them for two dirhams. He gave these to him and took the two dirhams and, giving them to the Ansari, he said: Buy food with one of them and hand it to your family, and buy an axe and bring it to me. He then brought it to him. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) fixed a handle on it with his own hands and said: Go, gather firewood and sell it, and do not let me see you for a fortnight. The man went away and gathered firewood and sold it. When he had earned ten dirhams, he came to him and bought a garment with some of them and food with the others. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) then said: This is better for you than that begging should come as a spot on your face on the Day of Judgment. Begging is right only for three people: one who is in grinding poverty, one who is seriously in debt, or one who is responsible for compensation and finds it difficult to pay. Reported by Anas Ibn Malik: Abu Dawood
ALSO
The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and go in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from the money he makes and give charity from it than to ask others for something." Reported by Abu Hurairah: Sahih Bukhari
[3] "Ubaydullah Bin Muhsin Al Ansari Al Khatmi, At Tirmidhi.
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